Saying Goodbye to Freddy Garcia

Remember Freddy Garcia? His removal from the pitching rotation back in June was a symbolic restarting point for the Phillies. Yet somehow, the impossibility of the Phillies turning a disaster around and making the playoffs happened. Thanks to Kyle Kendrick and Company, Freddy Garcia is not a scapegoat (as many would have expected), but instead a forgotten memory.

Yet he isn't worthless. He isn't another big-name player turned bad in Philadelphia. themselves. Garcia was plagued by shoulder soreness this season even before he left the rotation. His stuff was not what we had hoped because of it. Pat Gillick was smart enough to sign him only for a year in case something like this happened. Despite the pros of not having to pay him $8-10 million to play 2008, Freddy Garcia may be back with his old stuff next season. 2007 was a bad, injury plagued year for him. We've moved on, and he has too...

I'm just glad I can say "Happy trails" to him than "!%($ You, Freddy!" (something I'm sure you Eagles fans have already had to say once...)