Rumor Wrapup 12/7

I know it's only 8pm so there could still be more happening today, but here's what's gone down so far. In case you missed it, late last night the Phils went and made a pretty surprising trade and gave up 2 relievers for a 30 year old ace. Great move in my opinion.
Keith Law in his ESPN blog says how it's a good deal for the Phillies:

The Phillies desperately needed a starter like Freddy Garcia, a durable league-average starter to head the rotation and take some of the pressure off Brett Myers and wunderkind Cole Hamels. Garcia has thrown at least 200 innings in six straight seasons, and just posted the best walk rate of his career. Acquiring him allows the Phillies to trade Jon Lieber, whom they've recently criticized publicly for his lack of conditioning (perhaps not the best marketing strategy) and whose inability to get left-handed hitters out makes him a major liability when the team you're chasing has Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran all coming at you from the left side. Garcia's a free agent after 2007, assuming the Phils don't work out an extension with him, so this is a straight future-for-present deal for Philadelphia.

It could still turn out to be a good deal for the White Sox, Gonzalez could end up being good and maybe Floyd can live up to his potential with a nice change of scenery.

Now let's get to today's rumors, because as we know the Phillies still need relief help and another bat.
Check the Rumor Mill for any new rumors.
-Supposedly the Phillies might go after Vernon Wells. Since the Blue Jays won't be able to resign him after next season they are probably looking at their trade options.
-After getting Freddy Garcia, the Phils are probably out of the running for Jason Jennings.
-The Phillies are still being included right now in the Barry Zito talks, though that seems very unlikely. Bad for the Phils, the frontrunner for Zito appears to be the Mets.
-The Phillies have been thrown in as being interested in 28 year old center fielder, Ryan Church, of the Nationals. Church went .276 - 10 - 35 in 71 games last year after being called up from AAA. He may have some promise as a centerfielder, but I don't really think the Phils need a centerfielder. He may be a good major league ready bench pickup if the trade is right. I don't know what the Nationals are going to want.
-I don't know what the status of Aaron Rowand is since the Garcia trade with the White Sox went down without him. The Cubs are listed as another team interested him as well as the White Sox. Rowand had this to say after being asked about the Phils trying to trade him, "There is reason to speculate that I could be traded because [the Phillies] have a guy in Shane Victorino that can fill my spot and comes a lot cheaper than myself. And I know they wouldn't mind bringing in another pitcher to try and make the club better." It appears as if Rowand is safe for now unless same team wants him for the reliever or right handed big bat that we want.
-No one really knows whats going on with Manny Ramirez, but the Phils could possibly be in that mix, unlikely but possible.
-Ruben Amaro Jr. was asked why the Phils decided go after a SP when everyone knows the need a RP and a bat. He had this to say, "Most deals we were trying to do were pitching intensive. If you look at championship teams, it comes down to pitching. This is a bona fide Major League starter, innings eater and a guy who's won in the World Series."
-The Rangers, Pirates, and Brewers appear to be the teams that might take Jon Leiber from the Phils.
-With 6 starting pitchers What are the chances you'll have six starters by Christmas? Mike Arbuckle replied, "Probably not great. If we were to send out Christmas presents, we probably would only need to send five to starting pitchers. I don't know about this week, but probably sometime over the next 10 days to two weeks [a move will be made]."
-Most of the Phillies quotes have been taken from the newest Phillies.com post.
-This is my own speculation, but hopefully the Phils can move Jon Leiber straight up for a decent reliever. Maybe a Leiber and Rowand for a reliever and right handed bat kind of deal. I know I'm being a bit optimistic.