Red Sox Reportedly Call Up Jhostynxon Garcia
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Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Jhostynxon Garcia, known around the Red Sox fandom as “The Password.” For the first month of this season, I had to pull up Fangraphs to look up the spelling of his name nearly every day as,
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Watch: Squirrel on the loose visits Red Sox’ Jhostynxon Garcia at the plate during MLB debut
The squirrel ran into Garcia’s foot between pitches, causing a delay on the field. The post Watch: Squirrel on the loose visits Red Sox’ Jhostynxon Garcia at the plate during MLB debut appeared first on Boston.
We'll start with Garcia, because his path to Fantasy relevance is probably cloudier. Garcia is being promoted to replace outfielder Wilyer Abreu on the active roster, and he'll probably see some time between the outfield and first base. But it probably won't be much time, with the Red Sox already pretty full at both positions.
Garcia, 22, batted .303 with 17 home runs and 56 RBIs in 66 games with Worcester after being promoted from Double A Portland.
Unlike the Angels’ famous Rally Monkey from the early 2000s or an actual Rally Squirrel that ran onto the field during a playoff game and inspired the St. Louis Cardinals during their 2011 World Series-winning season, the squirrel that appeared on the field on Friday did not spur the Yankees, though it did delight the fans.
A squirrel ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium and caused a brief delay during the game between New York and Boston.
Boom or bust week’ rolls on this week with Scott Pianowski joining Matt Harmon to go full BOOM. The two identify 12 players with massive contingent value of players who are “one injury away” from being instant fantasy contributors. Nailing these picks late in your draft could make or break your entire roster.
The New York Yankees have no direction right now, and that starts with manager Aaron Boone, who's not helping himself at all.