Sox trade Jon Garland to Angels
November 19, 2007
By The Sun-Times Sports Staff
The White Sox traded right-handed pitcher Jon Garland to the Los Angeles Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash.
Cabrera hit .301 with eight home runs, 86 RBI and a .345 on-base percentage for the Angels this past season.
Cabrera won a Gold Glove in 2007 and should move Juan Uribe to second base. It was his second Gold Glove - having won one with Montreal in 2001 - and he's led AL shortstops in fielding percentage twice over the last three seasons.
Cabrera, 33, also tied for the American League lead with 11 sacrifice hits, ranked third with 63 multihit games and sixth in hits. He led the Angels in runs scored for the second straight season, and his career-best 192 hits were the most ever by an Angels shortstop.
Cabrera is a career .273 hitter. Garland, 28, just a concluded a disappointing 10-13 season with a 4.23 ERA. He never lived up to the potential he showed during the Sox's World Series season of 2005.
Garland was drawing the most interest outside of Mark Buehrle of any Sox pitcher.
His departure could open a spot for Gavin Floyd in the rotation.
November 19, 2007
By The Sun-Times Sports Staff
The White Sox traded right-handed pitcher Jon Garland to the Los Angeles Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash.
Cabrera hit .301 with eight home runs, 86 RBI and a .345 on-base percentage for the Angels this past season.
Cabrera won a Gold Glove in 2007 and should move Juan Uribe to second base. It was his second Gold Glove - having won one with Montreal in 2001 - and he's led AL shortstops in fielding percentage twice over the last three seasons.
Cabrera, 33, also tied for the American League lead with 11 sacrifice hits, ranked third with 63 multihit games and sixth in hits. He led the Angels in runs scored for the second straight season, and his career-best 192 hits were the most ever by an Angels shortstop.
Cabrera is a career .273 hitter. Garland, 28, just a concluded a disappointing 10-13 season with a 4.23 ERA. He never lived up to the potential he showed during the Sox's World Series season of 2005.
Garland was drawing the most interest outside of Mark Buehrle of any Sox pitcher.
His departure could open a spot for Gavin Floyd in the rotation.
