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Adolis Garcia showed up to Phillies Spring Training absolutely jacked and looking ready to launch 60-plus home runs at Citizens Bank Park

Adolis Garcia was the Phillies only big name acquisition this offseason, so we really have no choice but to get ourselves excited about it, especially now that Nick Castellanos is no longer in town.

One way to get us excited is to show up to Clearwater absolutely yoked to the gills and ready to hit 60+ homers.

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Dear lord.

Dude looks like a middle linebacker. As an Eagles guy through and through, that’s what I want my baseball players to look like.

Garcia has had an up and down career, but his peak wasn’t that long ago. In 2023, he crushed 39 home runs and drove in 107 runs, finishing with an .836 OPS and earning an All-Star nod. He stayed hot in October too, launching eight playoff homers and helping power the Rangers to a World Series title.

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Adolis Garcia is projected to open the season as the Phillies’ starting right fielder, which is fair to question. He hit just .227/.271/.394 over 547 plate appearances with the Rangers in 2025 and has posted an OPS under .700 in each of the last two seasons. If he can get back to that 2023 form, the Phils will be in good shape.

His time at the plate has largely been marked by inconsistency and shaky plate discipline. His career .293 on-base percentage and 28.1 percent strikeout rate tell the story.

In a stacked lineup, those flaws are easier to overlook, especially with his ability to hit the ball out of the park. But on a Phillies team that lacks true elite power beyond Schwarber and Bryce Harper, those issues become a lot harder to ignore.

At the end of the day, the Phillies are betting on the power playing up and the environment helping him bounce back. If Adolis Garcia can run into 30-plus homers and provide protection behind the big bats, the swing-and-miss might be tolerable. But if the on-base issues and strikeouts pile up again, this lineup could feel a lot thinner than it looks on paper.

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