Every spring, St. Louis Cardinals infielder Greg Garcia believes he has to be ready to thrill. He goes in every new season trying to make the team. A simple and opportunistic approach. “If you go in and just go through the motions, you won’t stand out.”
That is the fighters attitude for a guy like Garcia, someone has been lodged behind Pete Kozma for years and now has to work with Jedd Gyorko and incoming Aledmys Diaz to bump Kolten Wong and Jhonny Peralta for playing time in 2016. He worked on his defense this offseason with his brother Drew and working with Jose Oquendo in the spring will also help.