Atlanta Braves
Watch Braves' Adonis Garcia steal home
Adonis Garcia is the leading candidate to be the Braves' third baseman in 2016.
The Braves will likely open the 2016 season with Adonis Garcia at third base.
In the meantime, the 30-year-old Cuban is taking swings in the Venezuela Winter League with the Navegantes del Magallanes. In the sixth inning of a rivalry game last week against the Leones del Caracas, Garcia attempted a bold move.
With the game tied, Garcia crept up the line from third. He began a cat-like walk toward home. Leones' hurler Loiger Padron stands on the mound about to work through his delivery.
Padron barely moves as Garcia, just a few feet from home, dives head first to give Magallanes the lead. Amid the broadcaster screaming "The Cuban has stolen home!" you can see the play develop here from a Venezuela's Meridiano TV station (the audio is in Spanish):
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Garcia became the sixth player in Magallanes history to steal home against the Leones in the win.
Garcia finished the 2015 season in Atlanta with 198 plate appearances, hitting .277 with a .293 on-base percentage and a .497 slugging percentage.
