[보스턴헤럴드]시애틀 투수 가르시아 보스턴과 1년계약 가능성

[오코스]

보스턴 헤럴드는 시애틀의 투수 가르시아가 레드삭스와의 1년계약 물망에 올랐다고 보도했습니다.

가르시아는 어제 시애틀이 5-4로 보스턴을 이긴 경기에서 선발로나온 우완투수입니다.

그는 어제 승리로 시즌 3승3패를 기록했지만, 5이닝만 던지는 동안, 8피안타 4실점, 3삼진, 2사구를 기록했습니다.

가르시아의 트레이드가 관심이 되는 것은 아시다시피 삼각트레이드 루머와 관련해서 상당히 말이 많았기 때문이죠.

삼각 트레이드루머란 데이먼과 김병현이 시애틀로, 가르시아가 켄자스시티로, 벨트란이 보스턴으로 가는 것이죠.

가르시아는 트레이드를 꺼리지 않습니다. 던질수 있다면 어떤 유니폼을 입어도 상관 없다는 입장이죠.

"트레이드에 신경 안씁니다. 던지는 것을 좋아하고 내가 할 일이죠. 보스턴으로 간대도 던질 겁니다." - 가르시아

어제 경기 요약이 이어진후 인터뷰.

"누구나 매니에게 던질땐 조심해야됩니다. 매니, 오티즈 마치 타점 기계같아요. 루상에 주자를 본후 매번 때려내죠. " -  가르시아

 

레드삭스는 가르시아에게 4회 3점을 얻었고, 5회엔 2사 만루찬스를 놓치고,6회는 1점을 따라 붙는데 그쳤습니다.

Garcia plies a trade
By Rich Thompson
Sunday, May 30, 2004

Seattle Mariners pitcher Freddy Garcia's name surfaces in Red Sox [stats, schedule] trade talk on a year-round basis.
     The right-hander gave his suitors a chance yesterday at scouting his stuff firsthand, doing so with mixed results in the Mariners' 5-4 victory against the Sox at Fenway Park.
     Garcia was credited with the win to improve to 3-3 this season, but lasted just 5 innings and allowed all four runs on eight hits. He struck out three batters and walked two others.
     The righty has been lively grist for the rumor mill involving the Red Sox, Mariners and Kansas City Royals. The rumored three-team swap would have the Red Sox shipping center fielder Johnny Damon [stats, news] and pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim [stats, news] to Seattle, Garcia moving on to Kansas City and Royals center fielder Carlos Beltran coming to Boston.
     Garcia isn't opposed to a change of scenery because the job of pitching is the same no matter what uniform surrounds his 6-foot-4, 240-pound, frame. He just doesn't give it much thought. From Garcia's viewpoint, pitching, whether it be in Seattle, Kansas City or Boston, is still pitching.
     ``I don't really think about it, me getting traded here,'' Garcia said. ``I like to pitch and that's what I do, and if I come here I'll be pitching.''
     Garcia had enough on his mind dealing with the Red Sox batting order. While the Mariners were teeing off on Tim Wakefield [stats, news]'s knuckleball for three runs in the second inning and two more in the third, Garcia kept the Sox at bay in the early innings.
     The righty had control of his fastball, curveball and slider in setting down the first eight batters he faced. Cesar Crespo [stats, news], the No. 9 hitter for the Sox, registered the first hit.
     With the Mariners up, 5-0, Garcia gave three runs back to the Sox before escaping the fourth inning. Mark Bellhorn [stats, news] opened the inning with a single to right before Garcia struck out David Ortiz [stats, news]. Manny Ramirez [stats, news] made it a 5-2 game when he launched Garcia's third pitch over the left field wall for his 14th homer of the season.
     ``Everybody has to pitch Manny careful,'' Garcia said. ``You have to be careful to Manny and Ortiz. They are like RBI machines. They see people on base and they are hacking every time.''
     The Sox got to Garcia for a third run in the fourth, left the bases loaded in the fifth and knocked him out in the sixth by closing to within a run.
     ``Those guys like to swing so you have to make good pitches,'' Garcia said.