Do the Freddy!

Joining Freddie and the Dreamers and Chubby Checker, the White Sox yesterday did the Freddy: They traded Freddy Garcia to the Phillies for pitchers Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez. It appears Kenny Williams is looking at salary, age, and signability, as Garcia is significantly more expensive, older, and harder to sign in the future than the two acquisitions. My question is can the new guys pitch? There's not much of a Major League resume to suggest that Floyd can -- he was 4-3 with a 7.29 ERA in 11 starts in 2006 -- and no MLB resume for Gonzalez -- former Sox property traded to the Phils in the Jim Thome deal. Williams likes their potential and says that Floyd will compete with BMac for the fifth spot in the rotation. I'm not sure how I want that to come out. If BMac wins, then how good was this trade? If Floyd wins, then we've still got the problem of what to do with BMac. I figured that we'd get an outfielder/leadoff man if we gave up one of our front-line pitchers. That hole still needs to be filled. All of which suggests that Kenny isn't done yet. If Mark Buehrle or Javier Vazquez is on your holiday gift list, you might want to hold off buying that present a little longer. They might not be here by the time those holidays roll around.