I’m struggling to recall the last time we heard something from Phil Rogers’ Sunday “Whispers” column that was both (a) juicy; and (b) actually happened, but this one at least has (a) covered: The Red Sox are reportedly interested in Matt Garza. Rogers says that Garza is “high on the list.”
Which makes sense. Garza’s strikeout rate is way up from a year ago. Blame some crappy defense behind him in Chicago and some bad luck for his record and ERA, but he’s still a fine pitcher who would be an awesome fit for a contender. But of course, the stuff that makes him so awesome -- his stuff and, most especially the fact that he’s under team control for two and a half more years -- makes it really unlikely that the Cubs would want to trade him.
So maybe he’s high on the Red Sox’ list of targets, but I can’t think of a reason why he’s be anywhere on the Cubs’ radar as trade fodder.
