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The Colorado Rockies are trying to piece together a pitching staff. Freddy Garcia is a free agent pitcher looking for work. The Rockies and Garcia very well might be a match this off season.According to the Twitter feed of Troy Renck, Denver Post Rockies writer, Colorado is looking at low risk free agents, including Garcia.But they are not alone in courting the 36-year-old right-hander who posted a 5.20 ERA with the Yankees in 2012. As Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com wrote, the Minnesota Twins and Cincinnati Reds have also expressed interest in him.No longer the power pitcher of his youth, Garcia uses a slider and splitter as his out pitches. He no longer relies on his power mixed with his change up as he did when he was a younger pitcher.Garcia was one of the main pieces in the Seattle Mariners trade of Randy Johnson to the Astros. Garcia, a Houston ...

Sometimes I wonder if I am but one of a few baseball fans who does not support the repulsive-at-times treatment some have shown New York Yankees veteran hurler Freddy Garcia. Call me apologetic, but here is a player who in 14 years of Major League Baseball service has compiled an overall record of 145 wins and 97 losses. His 4.14 career ERA, though not stellar, is respectable. In 10 postseason starts, Garcia is 6-3 with a 3.28 ERA. Garcia has also been to two All-Star games, both with the Seattle Mariners (2001-2002). He also helped the White Sox to a World Series victory in 2005. But then Garcia hit a snag from 2007-2009. A man marked by injury, Garcia looked like a pitcher clinging to a job in the show.   But Garcia fought back from life support during the 2010 and 2011 campaigns. Although Garcia was not nearly as effective ...

It's time for the Yankees to make a change on the team.I know it's only April, but Freddy Garcia needs to go, and needs to go now.His last outing on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers is just another example of why he can't cut it for the Yankees in 2012.On Saturday, 1.2 innings pitched, five hits, six runs, two walks and three strikeouts. Garcia's 2012 record goes to 0-2 and his ERA all the way up to 12.51That just won't cut it. Not in New York. Not on any major league team, and really, not in the minor leagues either.Garcia has yet to have one start where he lasted six innings and lately, every time he has pitched, he's getting chased out of the game so early, he's taxing the bullpen.The American League has figured out Garcia in 2012. Garcia was able to fool hitters in 2011 with his deceptive ...

Freddy Garcia, who is 0-1 with a 9.75 ERA on the young season, is likely pitching for his spot in the Yankees' rotation on Saturday afternoon against the Tigers.The right-hander, going on an extra day of rest, will be looking to give the Yankees a solid performance after Friday night's 7-6 Yankee victory.Opposing Garcia will be rookie Drew Smyly, who is making his fourth career start.Andy Pettitte will likely be returning very soon, and either Garcia or Phil Hughes will be getting the bump from the rotation.Every start counts for both pitchers at this point in the season—the one who shows the least promise by the time Pettitte is ready will be given the hook.Garcia can keep himself in the rotation with a quality start against the Tigers, but it won't be an easy task.The Tigers boast a very powerful lineup and their biggest star, Miguel Cabrera, has fantastic career ...

New York Yankees' right-hander Freddy Garcia was shelled yet again in Saturday's game against the Red Sox, allowing five runs on seven hits in just 1.2 innings of work.On the season, Garcia has allowed 14 runs in 12 innings—that equates to a 9.75 ERA.Both he and Phil Hughes (1-2, 6.75 ERA) have struggled mightily this season, and it may not be long before one or both of the starters are replaced in the rotation.Hughes has been slightly more reliable than the 35-year-old Garcia, so I expect him to be given a longer leash.Jack Curry of the YES Network opines that the Yankees could potentially skip Garcia' on Thursday, as that is a scheduled off day for the team. His next scheduled outing would then come May 1, but the Yankees may opt to give that start to somebody else.Quite frankly, I agree.The Yankees would be smart to give rookie David ...

It's the offseason, a month away from spring training.  Like many of you, I'm a bored Sox fan.  In my previous articles, I have come off as extremely pessimistic.  It's a curse, what can I say.  It's a new year and a chance for me to change it up.  Let's focus on the good. Introducing your Chicago White Sox all-decade team..For those of you who wanted to recall the illustrious careers of Dan Wright, Billy Koch and Rob Mackowiak, you've come to the wrong place.Maybe if I get enough positive feedback on this piece, I'll come up with the franchise's worst players of the decade next week. Enjoy. Begin Slideshow

Despite hurling some of his best stuff in five years (1-0/2.40/15 IP/17 K), Bartolo Colon will start his season with the Yankees in the bullpen. Yankees skipper Joe Girardi announced Sunday that the team will round out their rotation with Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia as their fourth and fifth starters. Though the announcement was touted as "expected" by many media outlets, including ESPN, it still comes as a surprise to anyone who has followed both of their springs, or even their careers. Colon was the victim of a manager already making up his decision as to who he was going to pick before either of them took to the mound. In an article from ESPN, Girardi touts what Freddy Garcia had done in the lead up to spring, and in the past season, as the reason he picked Garcia over Colon. Colon did not have any stats to speak ...

New York Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi has named his starting rotation to start the regular season. Here is what it will look like come Thursday…   1. C.C. Sabathia 2. Phil Hughes 3. A.J. Burnett 4. Ivan Nova 5. Freddy Garcia One through four is no surprise, but the fifth starter is. I am really surprised Garcia got the nod over Bartolo Colon. Girardi’s logic? “The innings that Freddy logged in, the wins last year, he stayed healthy all of last year,” Girardi said through the NY Daily News. As we all know, that thinking makes absolutely no sense. I don’t know how you judge a pitcher on A. wins and B. the amount of innings logged last season. I thought you would make a decision based on who gives you the best chance to win in 2011. But that’s just me. While neither are anywhere near what they used to be eight years ago, ...

On Saturday, Yankees' manager Joe Girardi announced the final spot in his rotation would go to Freddy Garcia, effectively ending the spring training battle between Garcia and fellow offseason signing, Bartolo Colon. Colon will start the year in the bullpen as the long reliever.  The decision seems to have come down to history rather than performance; While Colon outperformed Garcia during the spring, he spent all of the 2010 season sitting at home getting wider, while Garcia threw 157 innings as a starter in Detroit.  "The innings that Freddy has logged in, the wins last year," Girardi said. "He stayed healthy all of last year." Neither pitcher is a particularly attractive option for the Yanks, but upon losing out on the Cliff Lee sweepstakes, there options became limited. Still, other avenues could have been pursued (this week's signing of Kevin Millwood being one of those avenues). Garcia is almost the very definition of a ...

It was recently announced that the Milwaukee Brewers acquired Yankees' pitcher Sergio Mitre in a deal that sent outfielder Chris Dickerson to New York in return. At the moment, this seems like a win-win situation for both teams: New York announced that Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia will round out the rotation, and Bartolo Colon will move to the bullpen, most likely as a long reliever, a role which Mitre possessed last season. Dickerson, on the other hand, has seemed like a bit of a nuisance for the Brewers. At age 28, he was acquired from Cincinnati in the deal that sent Jim Edmonds there from Milwaukee. Once in Milwaukee, he posted a very slight .206/.250/.268 split last season, though he was a bit in 2009, where he posted a .275/.370.373 split. However, he's still only 28, so he's got time to develop. This is hailed as a smarter move for the Brewers, ...