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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

SI: Mets Release Freddy Garcia After Poor Starts

Let’s see: Livan was Plan A, Figueroa Plan B and Garcia Plan C ... just six more journeymen until Plan J!

Garcia went 0-2 with an 8.18 ERA, and allowed seven earned runs and seven hits in five innings against Syracuse on Monday night.

He had surgery on his right shoulder in August 2007 and made only 14 starts the previous two seasons with Philadelphia and Detroit, going 2-6 with a 5.55 ERA. The 33-year-old right-hander would have gotten a $1.5 million, one-year deal if added to the Mets’ 40-man roster.

Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: April 28, 2009 at 08:39 PM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Russlan will never be fond of Jason Bay Posted: April 28, 2009 at 09:18 PM (#3156113)

The Mets need to trade/sign at least one starter before the end of the year.

2. flournoy Posted: April 28, 2009 at 09:44 PM (#3156137)

Sounds like it's Lima Time at Citi Field!

3. Raskolnikov Posted: April 28, 2009 at 09:45 PM (#3156140)

Pedro Pedro Pedro

4. Jim (jimmuscomp) Posted: April 28, 2009 at 09:46 PM (#3156142)

I think you meant Option J, right?

Paging Anna Benson...

5. scareduck Posted: April 28, 2009 at 10:39 PM (#3156183)

Sadly, the wiki is down.

6. Jonathan Gaston Sees You When You're Sleeping Posted: April 29, 2009 at 04:53 AM (#3156873)

Well, they should have released him before poor starts. Stupid Mets.

7. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: April 29, 2009 at 03:54 PM (#3157223)

I think you meant Option J, right?

Rats.

8. bibigon Posted: April 29, 2009 at 04:18 PM (#3157265)

The Mets need to trade/sign at least one starter before the end of the year.

Not that the night after Penny blows up is the best time to be bragging about pitching depth, but the Red Sox really need to trade a starter before the end of the year.

The Red Sox have rotation spots committed to Beckett, Lester, Daisuke & Wakefield. They have Smoltz coming back in six weeks or so. Then they have Masterson, Buchholz, and Bowden in various stages of readiness, and Tazawa possibly viable as well.

I know, you should never trade pitching, or however that old saw goes, but there's something like nine guys there, plus Penny. I think trading one of Masterson/Buchholz/Bowden would be a pretty good idea if they can get an equivalent position prospect from someone like the Mets...

Or they could trade Penny for a bag of balls.

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