Karim Garcia
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Karim Garcia
Apparently Karim wants to play in Japan but Orix handled his contract terribly and with no respect at all. Hopefully he plays a full season elsewhere and hits 40 HR. It appears all the players can't wait to leave there (Orix) and they don't like or appreciate the international guy.
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Re: Karim Garcia
[ Author: Guest: Dylan | Posted: Dec 12, 2005 11:01 PM
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I'm interested to know how Orix treated Mr. Garcia's contract offer terribly. He was offered $1.3 million dollars! Garcia didn't have that good a year and was even demoted to the minors. I would say the contract offer was fair. Orix signed outfielder Jason Grabowski (Dodgers) for $650,000 and he could easily put up the same or better numbers than what Garcia did.
I think Orix was pretty smart in the way they handled their contracts. Also, Jeremy Powell wanted $3 million. They signed Tom Davey for $300,000. With all the savings they could sign Dan Serifini, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, etc.
I think Orix was pretty smart in the way they handled their contracts. Also, Jeremy Powell wanted $3 million. They signed Tom Davey for $300,000. With all the savings they could sign Dan Serifini, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, etc.
Re: Karim Garcia
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Dec 13, 2005 5:52 AM
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I agree, Garcia was just above average for a foreigner. I don't think he is even worth what Orix offered. Good luck to Karim getting half that money in the AAA.
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