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Luis Garcia Jr., in the middle of a career year, has been sent from the Washington Nationals<\/a> to the New York Yankees in a trade.<\/p>\n

The Yankees have landed the veteran first baseman from the Nationals in exchange for Yovanny Cruz, Jake Bird, Ben Grable and Jack Cebert, per ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the Yankees\u2019 offense continues to struggle with inconsistent play and the lack of three-time MVP Aaron Judge, Garcia, in the midst of his seventh MLB season, is hitting .283 with a 3.13 on-base percentage and a National League-leading .560 slugging percentage.<\/p>\n

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Garcia has belted 23 home runs with 76 RBI and a 134 wRC+ across 104 games.<\/p>\n

Garcia, 26, will be an interesting fit for the Yankees, though, considering how their roster shakes out.<\/p>\n

ANTHONY RIZZO CALLS OUT JAZZ CHISHOLM’S ‘IMMATURITY’ AFTER EJECTION DURING YANKEES’ FENWAY PARK SWEEP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Before he started playing first base this year, Garcia was the Nationals\u2019 second baseman during his first six seasons. But the Yankees<\/a> have Jazz Chisholm Jr., a two-time All-Star, at the position.<\/p>\n

At first base, Ben Rice is playing at an MVP caliber pace in the absence of Judge, Cody Bellinger<\/a> and Giancarlo Stanton, while Paul Goldschmidt has split time with him and played well doing so after re-signing with the team this offseason.<\/p>\n

Garcia, a left-handed hitter, could run in a rotation between designated hitter, first base and second base, if needed, to allow him to get regular at-bats in Aaron Boone\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the option that Garcia can return to second base, while Chisholm moves to third base, which he played at times during his tenure with the Yankees. But Garcia wasn\u2019t a good defensive second baseman, which led to him moving to first base.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting that Chisholm will be a free agent after the 2026 season, which could lead the way to Garcia returning to second base full-time next season.<\/p>\n

For his Nationals career, Garcia has slashed .268\/.301\/.431 with 81 homers and 345 RBI across 708 games.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Nationals are looking to bolster their pitching ranks, as they\u2019ve struggled to win games despite having the most runs scored in MLB this season. They are 55-58 this season, sitting 12.5 games back of the 67-45 Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

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Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/yankees-acquire-luis-garcia-jr-nationals-interesting-trade-mlb-deadline <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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