The Washington Nationals placed infielder Luis García on the 10-day Injured List (retroactive to August 13th) with a left groin strain last Monday, and Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez said on Sunday in San Diego the 22-year-old shortstop was heading to join Triple-A Rochester to start up a rehab assignment with the hope he can get some at-bats in, and quickly return and get to work getting to know the club’s new middle infielder, CJ Abrams.
“They’ve got a day off [Monday],” Martinez said, “... so he’ll play Tuesday, Wednesday, we have a day off Thursday, so if he needs another day to play on Thursday he will, and then hopefully he can back with us on Friday if everything goes well.