Maikel García is building its best season in the Major Leagues to date. The Venezuelan paletor of the Kansas City Royals He still has a long way to go to ensure that his 2025 records are the highest of his young trajectory in the “Big Show”, but his constant improvement on the pitch seems to indicate that he will have no problem specifying it.
The native of La Sabana in the La Guaira state, a coastal region of the South American country, closed the day of this Wednesday with a solid offensive line of .295/.362/.474, along with 11 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 19 towed races, 17 scored and 10 stolen bases. His PAHO+ marked 134 after his first 44 clashes played in the current contest, widely the best mark of a career in the elderly that began in 2022.
“I think the adjustment I made in my batting mechanics has helped me a lot at this beginning of the season,” Garcia said before the duel of his reais against the stars this last Wednesday, in statements for Las Américas Diario. “The results of hard work in the dead season have been seen.”
García, relative of great Venezuelan luminaries of present and past as Ronald Acuña Jr., Alcides and Kelvim Escobarall from the same town in La Guaira, also assured that it does not see the time that the gardener of the Atlanta braveswho has several months of absence for a knee operation, can return to the pitch, something that is expected to occur in the coming weeks.
“I have talked to him, I have asked him how he feels and tells me that he is much better, recovering and that he is stronger,” Garcia said about Acuña Jr. “I trained with him in the dead season and I saw how hard he worked to return and demonstrate his talent as he did in 2023, since he could not do it in 2024. We hope to see him here because baseball needs it,” he added.
The classic, an objective in sight
Although Garcia is not part of the same team as his cousin in the big leagues; In fact, they do not even play in the same circuit, the nickname “Barrendero de la Sabana” knows that a window is coming in which the same uniform could be placed as the winner of the MVP Prize of the National League two years ago. Both have shared Dugout in the Venezuelan winter ball with the Sharks of La Guaira and could also do so at the beginning of 2026 in the World Baseball Classic.
“I think any player has that dream of representing their country and I am one of them. I would like to dress that shirt as a utility, in any position it is. I want to be there, so to go to run in the eighth or ninth inning. I want to dress that uniform and live the experience that my countrymen have lived,” he explained.
