Garland's Great, Orlando's Okay

The biggest deal the White Sox were involved in during the Hot Stove League was to ship Jon Garland off to the Angels for Orlando Cabrera. Just in case you missed it, The Update wants you to know that Garland threw a great game yesterday at Minnesota. He went 8 innings, gave up only 1 run (it was earned), 6 hits, and 1 walk. While he didn't strike out anyone -- he's never been a strikeout pitcher -- he did throw 64 strikes out of 95 pitches, and he did keep the ball down. Of the 24 batters he retired, 17 went down on ground balls. Just what you want everywhere but especially what you need when you pitch in a homer-friendly park like, oh, I don't know, THE CELL! Orlando Cabrera, on the other hand, was 1 for 4, with a walk, a strike out, a baserunning mistake, and a ball that handcuffed him in the field. The Update knows that 1 game is not enough to evaluate a trade, but hey, there was no Sox game yesterday, so we needed something to talk about. Go Sox!