The Phillies designated Garcia for assignment Sunday.
Though he was recently promoted to Double-A Reading, Garcia had endured a largely disappointing age-21 season at High-A Jersey Shore, where he slashed .168/.319/.265 over 193 plate appearances. Garcia's youth and pedigree -- he was signed for $2.5 million out of the Dominican Republic in July 2017 -- could be enticing enough for another organization to put in a waiver claim for him, even though he's not close to being major-league ready.