{"id":9957,"date":"2017-11-14T21:01:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=9957"},"modified":"2018-02-15T18:49:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T23:49:46","slug":"jaime-garcia-signs-toronto-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/11\/14\/jaime-garcia-signs-toronto-blue-jays\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaime Garcia Signs With Toronto Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garcija02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jaime Garcia<\/strong><\/a> had a whirlwind of a 2017 season, but now the whirlwind has settled. Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/toronto-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>. It includes a club option for 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;ve signed LHP Jaime Garc\u00eda to a 1-year contract with a club option for 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over 9 MLB seasons, Garc\u00eda is 67-55 with a 3.69 ERA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uE1wJkeqXh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uE1wJkeqXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/964255758786285574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jaime Garcia Signs With Toronto Blue Jays<\/h2>\n<h3>Garcia&#8217;s Career<\/h3>\n<p>Originally drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/st-louis-cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> in the 22nd round in 2005, Garcia would not make his MLB debut until three years later in 2008. He would play for the Cardinals for eight years, in that time becoming a World Series champion during their run to the title in 2011. In Garcia&#8217;s career so far, he has a 3.69 ERA with 852 strikeouts and a record of 67-55. In his eight years in St. Louis, Garcia had a 3.57 ERA and 723 strikeouts. In his postseason career, Garcia has been quite active appearing in eight games, acquiring a 3.62 ERA in those appearances. Unfortunately, in three out of those eight appearances, Garcia walked away with a loss.<\/p>\n<p>His stay in St. Louis would come to an end on December 1st, 2016 when Garcia was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/atlanta-braves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>. St. Louis acquired second baseman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=dykstr000luk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke Dykstra<\/a><\/strong>, pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gantjo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>John Gant<\/strong><\/a>, and pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=ellis-002chr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Ellis<\/a><\/strong> in the deal. After just one year spent in Atlanta, Garcia was traded once again, this time to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/minnesota-twins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>, who also acquired catcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reckean01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Recker<\/a><\/strong> in the trade. In exchange, the Braves acquired pitcher<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=ynoa--000hua\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huascar Ynoa<\/a><\/strong>. The Braves also agreed to send the Twins $100 thousand to help with the cost of Decker&#8217;s salary. But in a crazy twist, the Twins traded Garcia to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a> less than a week after acquiring him. In this deal, the Twins acquired pitchers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/ennsdi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dietrich Enns<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=littel000zac\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zack Littell<\/a><\/strong> from the Yankees.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of the Signing<\/h3>\n<p>Though it may seem like not a huge signing, Garcia has been a reliable pitcher for many years, and he will drastically improve the rotation for the Blue Jays. For the Yankees, they lose a pitcher that cost them two of their better pitching prospects and someone who could have really helped them next year. But now, Garcia may have found a stable home again.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"oP5nLGUMQ3R1gImFKKnDTw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/539773446\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'oP5nLGUMQ3R1gImFKKnDTw',sig:'9AkNaOLE56HcK-V7wsThh3polWLj7SqfCmTV9nO8OfQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'539773446',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaime Garcia had a whirlwind of a 2017 season, but now the whirlwind has settled. Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. It includes a club option for 2019. We&#8217;ve signed LHP Jaime Garc\u00eda to a 1-year contract with a club option for 2019. Over 9 MLB seasons, Garc\u00eda is 67-55 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2292,"featured_media":10004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1071,7],"tags":[68,752,941,69,36],"class_list":["post-9957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-mlb","category-bluejays","tag-baseball","tag-jaime-garcia","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"modified_by":"Josh Greenberg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}