Q has more baseball knowledge in his pinky finger than I have in my entire body. But, perhaps the Royals can swap roles with Blanco and Isbel. Isbel becomes the late inning defensive replacement and Blanco becomes the everyday center fielder. That's not a huge dropoff defensively and last season in 124 irregular at bats Blanco posted a .324 on base percentage with a 109 OPS plus. Then move Garcia to the 9 hole with Blanco leading off. Imagine opponent defenses trying to deal with the speed of a Blanco- Witt combo at the top of the lineup.
I think a month or so in Omaha would do Garcia some good. Get his timing and confidence back. Worked wonders for Alex Gordon back in the day. Having him hot lead off isn’t going to work in the present situation.
Q has more baseball knowledge in his pinky finger than I have in my entire body. But, perhaps the Royals can swap roles with Blanco and Isbel. Isbel becomes the late inning defensive replacement and Blanco becomes the everyday center fielder. That's not a huge dropoff defensively and last season in 124 irregular at bats Blanco posted a .324 on base percentage with a 109 OPS plus. Then move Garcia to the 9 hole with Blanco leading off. Imagine opponent defenses trying to deal with the speed of a Blanco- Witt combo at the top of the lineup.
I think a month or so in Omaha would do Garcia some good. Get his timing and confidence back. Worked wonders for Alex Gordon back in the day. Having him hot lead off isn’t going to work in the present situation.