Cardinals designate OF Garcia for assignment to make room for LHP Kim

Cardinals outfielder Adolis Garcia runs ground ball drills on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, during Cardinals spring training at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

Even with free-agent Marcell Ozuna potentially lost, the Cardinals apparently feel they have enough outfield depth to designate for assignment Adolis Garcia, who hit 32 homers and drove in 96 runs this past season at Class AAA Memphis. The DFA of the 26-year-old Garcia was to make room on the 40-man roster for newly-signed Korean lefthander Kwang Hyun Kim.

Garcia, a Cuban signed to a $2.