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Left-hander recently resumed throwing, reports , but wont be ready for the start of spring. He is expected to be game ready around May 1 and around six teams have shown some interest. Garca, now 31, is coming off an entirely lost season. He signed a one-year deal with the Pirates, with a $2.5MM salary for 2023 and a $3.25MM club option for 2024, but he left a Spring Training game in early March due to some left arm tightne s. He was shut down and later diagnosed with a nerve injury in the biceps area. He was placed on the 60-day injured list when the season began and wasnt able to return at any point. The Bucs naturally turned down that club option after the injury-marred campaign, but its understandable that clubs will be Spencer Dinwiddie Jersey interested based on Garcas previous work. From 2019 to 2022, with the Marlins and Giants, he made 188 appearances with good results. He to sed 202 2/3 innings in that time, allowing just 2.89 earned runs per nine. His 21.6% strikeout rate, 7.2% walk rate and 42.1% ground ball rate were all fairly close to league average. Left-handed relief tends to always be in demand, so its understandable that those kinds of results would intrigue clubs. The 2023 season was obviously a frustrating one and it seems hell mi s at least part of 2024 as well, but the fact that he has now resumed throwing is an encouraging sign of progre s. The relief market has picked up a bit of steam in recent weeks, with lefties like , and having come off the board since mid-January. Southpaws like and are some of the more enticing options still on the open market, but Garca could be an interesting buy-low flier for a club if hes able to put his injury behind him. Reggie Perry Jersey