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bostonherald.com - 2/27/2008
Blogs: Bradford Files» Blog Archive » Freddy Garcia is in the house
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Grew up in Essex, where he mastered the art of imitating the entire 1978 Boston Red Sox order's batting stances for select Wiffle Ball games. Was a slow second baseman at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, an ineffective pitcher for Brewster Academy, and designated hitter (having eaten my way out of second base) for the Springfield College JV squad. Have been around the Red Sox since ...

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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:  Red Sox Evaluating Garcia?

Fire Brand of the American League:  Freddy Garcia to sign with Red Sox?

MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED.:  Freddy Garcia Visits the Red Sox

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Red Sox Evaluating Garcia?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald reports that free agent pitcher Freddy Garcia is in the Red Sox clubhouse today.  He believes it's more than just a visit; the Red Sox may be evaluating his health.  No signing appears close though.  Garcia may have a dozen teams to choose from if he proves healthy and markets himself around June.  ...

Freddy Garcia to sign with Red Sox?
Fire Brand of the American League — ... August and finished 1-5 with a 5.90 ERA in 58 innings. The year previous he had went 17-9 with a 4.53 ERA in 216.1 IP for the White Sox. In 2005, he was a workhorse, hurling 228.0 IP of a 3.87 ERA en route to helping the White Sox win the World Series. For his career, he’s got a record of 117-76 with a 4.07 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 1,701.2 IP, 548 BB and 1,252 K. I’m more optimistic about Garcia helping the Red Sox this season than I am Colon, so I’m rooting for this signing. Hat tip to the Boston Herald . This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am and is filed ...

Freddy Garcia Visits the Red Sox
MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. — ... According to the Boston Herald, free-agent right-hander Freddy Garcia has visited the Boston Red Sox clubhouse. It should also be noted that no confirmation of a signing has been announced, and reports are that Garcia was just being evaluated by team officials. The team had just signed Jabba… er, ...

Sox Take A Look At Freddy Garcia
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — ... Freddy Garcia was in Fort Myers for an evaluation today, usually a step when teams are interested in signing a player. Garcia pitched for the Phils last year earning $10 million and getting just one win. He only pitched in 11 games and had 5 loses and a 5.90 ERA with batters hitting .319 against him. He like many of the other pitchers the Sox have signed this off-season are players coming off of injuries and bad years but have had success in the past. The Red Sox have not signed him but if they do he will be even more insurance for the rotation. He will most likely come ...

Red Sox unsure about Buchholz
The Bottom Line — ... The Boston Herald is also reporting that Freddy Garcia was evaluated by the Red Sox today and, if healthy, could also be signed to a monor league deal. Both pitchers are high-potential pick-ups with Cy Young and All-Star awards on their resumes and both guys are part of two 200+ clubs: the 200+ innings club and the 200+ lb club... and that may be why they have struggled with injuries as of late. ...

In case you missed it: The Red Sox signed Colon and have interest in Garcia
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — ... According to MLB Trade Rumors the Red Sox are also interested in free agent pitcher Freddy Garcia. Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald reports that free agent pitcher Freddy Garcia is in the Red Sox clubhouse today. He believes it's more than just a visit; the Red Sox may be evaluating his health. No signing appears close though. Garcia may have a dozen teams to choose from if he proves healthy and markets himself around June. Michael Silverman confirms that Boston's training and ...

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