December 10, 200421 yr 6 more wins has the very big possibility of being the difference of 2nd place for the 4th year in a row or actually winning the division. If Javy gets 6 more wins than Garland .... the odds are that the Sox would win 3 of those games, but Garland not get the win. Then you add the fact that in addition to the $$$$ ... we are also giving up Konerko .... worth 3 wins? Probably. Then two years from now, Garland may be a much better pitcher than than Vazquez is, was or ever will be. I just don't think this deal brings that much to the 2005 White Sox, and could drastically hurt the '06 - '07 and '08 White Sox.
December 10, 200421 yr In 2004 Jon Garland got 284 ground outs, and 244 "Fly outs" (I'm assuming line drives and popups fall under the "AO" category at MLB.com) Jon also had 113 K' and gave up 223 hits. Jon put the ball in play 751 times for the 864 batters he faced, or 87% of the time. In 2004 Javier Vazquez got 189 ground outs, and 248 "Fly outs" (I'm assuming line drives and popups fall under the "AO" category at MLB.com) Javy also had 150 K's and gave up 195 hits. Javy put the ball in play 632 times for the 782 batters he faced, or 81% of the time. Keep in mind that this was a "bad" year for Javy, yet he had a smaller % of putting the ball in play than Garland, and still walked less guys.
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