Cubs acquire Freddy Garcia from
Outlaws
Hurler will start tonight
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By Ray Leonard / |
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Press release:
The
Cubs gave their World Series hopes another boost today, when they acquired
Freddy
Garcia and a second round 2005 ammy draft pick in
exchange for second baseman
Rickie
Weeks, and pitchers Carlos Hernandez and Brandon Lyon.
Garcia
will take over as the number 2 starter in the rotation, which means he will
start tonight
against his former team, the
give a press conference later today.
The
most likely scenario is that Hideo Nomo will move up
one day in the rotation and that
Tim
Wakefield will move to the bullpen.
Weeks was called up to the Cubs
earlier today and was expected to take over the secondbase
duties from Alfonso Soriano.
This moves ends all the speculations as Soriano will
stay at
second.