Here are the day’s minor moves from around the league…
- Left-hander Onelki Garcia has cleared waivers after being designated for assignment and been sent outright to the Royals’ Triple-A affiliate, tweets MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan. Garcia, 28, made a pair of appearances — one start, one relief outing — with the Royals in what was his first Major League action since 2013, though the results weren’t pretty. In six innings, the southpaw yielded nine earned runs (13.50 ERA) on the strength of a dozen hits and five walks with two strikeouts. Garcia has appeared in just three big league games, though he owns a 4.24 ERA with 9.3 K/9 against 4.3 BB/9 in parts of five minor league seasons.
Garcia was a decent prospect back in the day but he’s another one who was killed by injuries. Its a shame because his velocity was solid for a lefty.
Someone will give him a shot but he scuffled in AAA, so I dont view him as anything more than a depth arm.