GARLAND, JON  
 
Image of    Nickname:   N/A Position:   P
Home: Grandada Hills, California Team:   Retired
Height: 6' 6" Bats:   R
Weight: 215 Throws:   R
DOB: 9/27/1979 Agent: Craig Landis
Birth City: Valencia, California Draft: Cubs #1 - 1997 - Out of Kennedy H.S. (Calif.)
Uniform #: N/A  
 
YR LEA TEAM SAL(K) G IP H SO BB GS CG SHO SV W L OBA ERA
1997 AZL Cubs   10 40 37 39 10 7 0 0 0 3 2   2.70
1998 SAL HICKORY   5 27 36 19 13 5 0 0 0 1 4   5.40
1998 MWL ROCKFORD   19 107 124 70 45 19 1   0 4 7   5.03
1999 CAR WINSTON-SALEM   19 119 109 84 39 19 2   0 5 7   3.33
1999 SL BIRMINGHAM   7 39 39 27 18 7 0 0 0 3 1   4.38
2000 IL CHARLOTTE   16 104 99 63 32 16 2   0 9 2   2.26
2000 AL WHITE SOX $200.00 15 69.2 82 42 40 13 0 0 0 4 8 0.292 6.46
2001 AL WHITE SOX   35 117 123 61 55 16 0 0 1 6 7 0.277 3.69
2001 IL CHARLOTTE   5 33 31 26 11 5 1 0 0 0 3   2.73
2002 AL WHITE SOX $275.00 33 192.2 188 112 83 33 1 1 0 12 12 0.258 4.58
2003 AL WHITE SOX $375.00 32 191.2 188 108 74 32 0 0 0 12 13 0.26 4.51
2004 AL WHITE SOX $2,300.00 34 217 223 113 76 33 1 0 0 12 11 0.269 4.89
2005 AL WHITE SOX $3,400.00 32 221 212 115 47 32 3 3 0 18 10 0.255 3.50
2006 AL WHITE SOX $7,000.00 33 211.1 247 112 41 32 1 1 0 18 7 0.294 4.51
2007 AL WHITE SOX $10,000.00 32 208.1 219 98 57 32 2 1 0 10 13 0.27 4.23
2008 AL ANGELS $12,000.00 32 196.2 237 90 59 32 1 0 0 14 8 0.303 4.90
2009 NL DIAMONDBACKS   27 167.2 188 83 52 27 1 0 0 8 11 0.286 4.29
2009 NL DODGERS   6 36.1 37 26 9 6 0 0 0 3 2 0.262 2.72
2010 NL PADRES $4,700.00 33 200 176 136 87 33 0 0 0 14 12 0.24 3.47
2011 CAL RANCHO CUCAMONGA   1 4.2 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   5.79
2011 NL DODGERS $4,442.00 9 54 55 28 20 9 1 0 0 1 5 0.276 4.33
2012 - D.L.                            
2013 NL ROCKIES $500.00 12 68 85 32 23 12 0 0 0 4 6 0.315 5.82

  • Garland's mother raised him as a single mom in California's San Fernando Valley.

    "She was the driving force behind everything," Jon said of his mother. "She raised me and my two sisters as a single parent."

  • Jon comes out of the San Fernando Valley, a region that has also produced the likes of Jack McDowell and Bret Saberhagen. And later the teammate (in 2008) of Garrett Anderson of the Angels.

  • Garland is best friends with outspoken pitcher Mark Buehrle. But Jon is very tight-lippped, endeavoring never to let anybody know who he is.

    ''I don't hate the media,'' Garland insisted. ''It's not even that I dislike them. I don't think the media likes me. Not so much as a person, but because of my responses.

    ''A lot of times in Chicago, they're looking for things to write about, and I don't usually give it. I give standard answers, give what I feel, but nothing too over the top. A lot of times I think the media wants more from me. They want me to put more out there, more controversy.''

    TRANSACTION REPORT

  • June 1997: The Cubs drafter Garland out of high school in the first round. He signed for a bonus of $1.3 million. "My grandmother is thrilled because she lives in Chicago and she's a huge Cubs fan," Jon said.

    His mother, Vikki, and cousin, John, a former minor leaguer in the Angels system, acted as his representatives. "My Mom has always been there for me and always kept me going, always kept me on the right track," Garland said. "She was my coach in Little League and she's the reason I've been successful."

  • July 1998: The White Sox sent pitcher Matt Karchner to the Cubs to acquire Garland.

  • December 28, 2005: Garland signed a three-year, $29 million contract with the White Sox. The pact called for $7 million in 2006, $10 million in 2007, and $12 million in 2008.

  • November 19, 2007: The Angels sent SS Orlando Cabrera and $1.5 million cash to the White Sox, acquiring Garland.

  • October 30, 2008: Jon field for free agency.

  • January 28, 2009: Garland signed a one-year, $6.25 million contract with the Diamondbacks, with a mutual option for 2010 at $10 million. If Jon doesn't want to exercise the option, he would receive a $1 million buyout and become a free agent. If the D'Back's don't want him back, he would receive a buyout of $2.5 million.

  • August 31, 2009: The Dodgers sent a player to be named to the Diamondbacks, acquiring Jon. Garland was due $1,161,202 from his $6.25 million salary. His contract includes a $10 million mutual option. He gets a $2.5 million buyout if the team declines and $1 million if he declines. Because he was traded, the Dodgers cannot offer him salary arbitration if he is a Type A free agent.

  • November 5, 2009: Garland filed for free agency.

  • January 26, 2010: Jon joined the Padres, agreeing to a $5.3 million contract for 2010.

  • November 25, 2010: Garland signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Dodgers. And he can  earn an additional $3 million in incentives based on the number of innings he pitches. The contract includes an $8 million club option for 2012 that vests if Garland reaches 190 innings.

  • After the 2011 season, the Dodgers paid Garland a $500,000 buyout rather than pick up his $8 million option for 2012 and making Jon a free agent.

  • February 13, 2012: Jon signed with the Indians organization.

  • February 9, 2013: Garland signed with the Mariners organization.

    March 23, 2013: Jon was officially released by the Mariners, the day after he exercised an opt-out clause in his contract so he might get another job in the Majors. During the spring, Garland went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA for the Mariners.

  • March 24, 2013: Garland immediately signed with the Rockies for a $500,000 base salary with incentives.
  • June 11, 2013: The Rockies released Jon.
PERSONAL:
 

  • Garland throws a nasty 90-95 mph, sinking two-seam FASTBALL and a hard CURVE, which is his best pitch. His two-seam, sinking fastball is tremendous. It has boring action that can break an occasional bat. And he also has a very good CHANGEUP and an 85 mph SLIDER that he's working on.

    TOO COMPOSED?

  • He has a lean, loose body with free arm action and sound mechanics from his free-and-easy delivery. "My best attribute, I think, is my composure, and I've always had great control," Jon said.

  • He has very easy and free mechanics and command. And winning or losing, he always looks the same—very even-keeled and level-headed. He has the poise and composure of a much older pitcher. But the White Sox want him to get a more aggressive—even nasty and mad—approach to pitching.

  • Some say that Garland needs to work a little harder at the game to maximize the strong potential he has. But he just looks like he is not working hard because he is such a calm, laid-back Southern Californian. The White Sox want him to be more intense on the mound and develop a surly side, a la Kevin Brown or Randy Johnson.

  • He keeps the ball down in the strike zone, pitches inside, keeps his four-seam fastball away from righthanded hitters and sinks the ball, too.

  • Jon's biggest problem is that he has no deception in his delivery, which makes hitters comfortable when they stand in the batter's box against him. So he gives up quite a few home runs.

  • Garland gets a lot of ground balls and is always among the leaders in double plays.

  • Jon has been criticized for giving up too many two-out and two-strike hits, failing to finish off innings.

  • In 2007, no starting pitcher in baseball was harmed so badly by two forgettable outings. On July 6, he surrendered 11 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Twins. And on August 2, Garland was pounded for eight earned runs in 1 1/3 innings by the Yankees.

    Strip away those two nightmares, and his ERA—3.49 in 30 of 32 starts—would have placed him 10th in the American League.

  • As of the start of the 2013 season, Garland a very impressive career 1.31 groundball-to-flyball rate.

  • For his career, entering the 2012 season, Garland had a 132-119 won-loss record and a 4.32 ERA. Hitters had hammered 254 home runs and 2,175 hits in 2,083 innings.
PITCHING:
 

  • August 2000: Garland went on the D.L. after he was hit by a line drive off his right forearm.

  • March 9-April 15, 2011: Jon suffered a strained oblique muscle and started the season on the D.L. He was injured while making a pitch. The injury bothers Garland whenever his trunk area is active, but not while standing still. It was not a major tear, nor a minor one—someplace in the middle.

  • June 4, 2011: Garland was on the D.L. with right shoulder inflammation.

    And on July 11, 2011, Jon underwent surgery on his right shoulder, cleaning up the area. He had labrum and rotator cuff damage. Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed a debridement of the labrum and bursa and cleaned up and reinforced the rotator cuff.

    Garland was told he could start throwing after three months and resume competition in six months. He said he would probably delay the start of that timetable by one extra month, which would put him on target to be ready for the start of 2012 Spring Training.

  • 2012: Jon missed the entire 2012 season recovering from a shoulder injury.

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