The Angels have made a trade involving Cabrera. Unfortunately, it's not Miguel Cabrera, but rather Orlando Cabrera.
The Angels are sending Gold-Glove winning shortstop Orlando Cabrera to the Chicago White Sox for 28-year old starting pitcher Jon Garland.
If this deal were made last week, I'd swear that it was a precursor to A-Rod coming to the Angels, but now I'm not sure. Do the Angels really think it's Brandon Wood's time? Is Miguel Cabrera coming, moving Chone Figgins to short? Are the Angels going to trade one of their starting pitchers for somebody? Is the Miguel Tejada to the Angels rumor finally going to happen?
In any case, it seems strange to me. Cabrera just won a Gold Glove and hit .301 with 86 rbi. He has only one year left on his contract so that could be a possible reason for moving him.
Garland is coming off a season where he went 10-13 with a 4.23 era. Garland's best year was 2005 when he was 18-10 with a 3.50 era. Garland also has one year left on a 3-year $29 million contract.
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How is this not a bad trade???
Pitching is the one thing the Angels didn't need, and they lost a clutch player and a leader. The only person who had a chance of filling the void was A-Rod, and he isn't coming. Not a very impressive first move for Reagins.
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