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[rocketeer357]

Garza gives up 7 earned in 4.1 for the Crew. This is a guy who couldn't wait to bag the Cubs on his way out of Chicago:

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/10847460/matt-garza-says-jeff-samardzija-needs-pitch-way-chicago-cubs

Forget about evaluating young talent, the true test of a great GM is how well you can offload bloated, garbage contracts like Garza'a without having to cover too much of the contract yourself.....Guys like Garza, Howard, Sandoval give new meaning to the concept of "untouchable" when it comes to trade time.

Sadly for small market teams, unlike say, the Dodgers who can eat Kemp's $$, they're stuck with the reality of overpaying for the dregs of the free agent player pool- mediocre or worse arms and bats that nobody wanted in the first place. You could make an excellent mock All-Star team from these chumps.