Yankees Sign Adonis Garcia
The Yankees signed Adonis Garcia to a $400,000 minor league contract. That is probably a bit of a disappointment for him since he was looking for a much bigger pay day. Myworld saw him play in the Series del Caribe this past February. He is not a big guy listed at 5′9″ who won’t hit for tremendous power, so if he doesn’t make it as a centerfielder he will be nothing more than a fourth outfielder type. He has decent speed and can cover ground in the outfield but the Yankees minor league system has a better and much younger center fielder in their system named Mason Williams. With Curtis Granderson currently occupying the position I don’t know what would be left for the 26 year old Garcia. In the long run the Yankees will get as much use from him as they got from Jorge Vazquez.
You can read about the signing here: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/05/yankees-sign-cuban-outfielder-adonis-garcia/