The Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia is recently making headlines after giving a standout performance as well as for a brief altercation in the Game 4 of the ALDS against the New York Yankees.
Venezuelan professional baseball infielder Maikel Jose Garcia was born on born March 3, 2000. The rising star plays for the Kansas City Royals of the Major League Baseball(MLB).
Making his MLB debut in 2022, the gifted player is recognized for his good speed, fielding ability and contact hitting.
The Rising Star Is The Cousin of Two MLB Star Alcides Escobar and Ronald Acuña Jr!
Maikel Garcia was born and raised in La Sabana, Venezuela. La Sabana is a hometown for numerous brilliant baseball legend.
Some notable names who hail from the small village of La Sabana are Alcides Escobar, Luisangel Acuña, and Ronald Acuña Jr.
Despite Garcia’s well-documented baseball career, there is no concrete information about his parents in the public domain.
The absence of his parents’ information online might be because of his recently emerging career. The other reason can be his willingness to keep his family life descrete.
However Garcia has neither talked about the bond he shares with his parents nor about their contributions in any interviews.
Although his parents’ information remains ambigious, his close tie with baseball legends Alcides Escobar and Ronald Acuña Jr is well-known.
Coming from a notable baseball family, Maikel has undoubtedly inherited the talent from his gifted relatives. He is the eighth member of the family to reach the MLB.
The two MLB stars Alcides Escobar and Ronald Acuña Jr along with Edwin Escobar are his cousins.
Moreover this lineage also includes his uncle Kelvim and Jose Escobar, who have all played professional baseball.
After going through his Instagram page, it was quite evident that Garcia prefers to maintain some privacy despite his growing high-profile career.
With 89.4K followers on Instagram, Maikel has only 5 posts which mostly includes pictures of him posing single or during his matches.
Even though the star has kept his personal life a secret, he has hinted about coming from “a hard life” through a caption of his Instagram post.
Moreover his uncle Kelvim Escobar praised Maikel by saying,
“As soon as Maikel starts hitting home runs, man, he’s going to be a very exciting player.
“He can run, he can play defense, he’s a great freakin’ athlete.”
Kelvim Escobar
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Maikel Garcia is the third generation baseball player of the family alongside Ronald Acuña Jr.
- He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Royals, hitting .223/.277/.242 with no home runs, 7 RBI, and 9 stolen bases.
