Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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Cross the names of pitchers Freddy Garcia and Ted Lilly off the Mariners list.
On Wednesday, both of the starting pitchers landed new homes: Garcia with the Phillies and Lilly with the Cubs.
Garcia, who went 17-9 for the White Sox last year, was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitchers Gavin Floyd and pitcher Gio Gonzalez.
Lilly, a free agent who earlier in the day ruled out returning to Toronto, reached a preliminary agreement on a $40 million, four-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
The deal for Garcia reconnects him with his former general manager from Seattle, Pat Gillick, who has been working to upgrade the team's pitching staff.
Floyd, who has struggled with control in his brief stints in the majors, was 4-3 with a 7.29 ERA in 11 starts for the Phillies last season before being optioned to Triple-A on June 3.
Lilly has a career 59-58 record in eight major-league seasons with Montreal, the Yankees, Oakland and Toronto. He went 15-13 with a 4.31 ERA for the Blue Jays last season.
