Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin horo na bazara na 2008, Garciaparra ya sha wahala a hannun sa bayan da aka buga shi. Wannan ya tilasta masa ya fara kakar MLB ta 2008 a cikin Lissafin nakasassu. Rookie Blake DeWitt ya taka leda a karo na uku a halin yanzu. A ranar 16 ga Afrilu, ya fara wasan farko da Pittsburgh Pirates, kawai don shawo kan tsokoki na hagu na hagu bayan kwana tara, wanda ya haifar da wani tafiya zuwa DL. Ya dawo ranar 4 ga Yuli, yana wasa a takaice a karo na farko tun 2005 saboda raunin da ya faru da Rafael Furcal. A ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, an sanya Garciaparra a kan DL don ba da wuri ga Manny Ramirez, wanda aka samu a ciniki. Nomar ya yi rauni a gwiwa a ranar 27 ga watan Yuli a gasar da Washington Nationals bayan da ya shiga cikin ƙuƙwalwa na farko a karo na uku kamar yadda Garciaparra ya yi ƙoƙari ya jefa filin kuma ya sanya mai gudu, Lastings Milledge. Ya dawo a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta, kuma ya ci gaba da ganin lokaci a gajeren lokaci har zuwa karshen watan. A ranar 13 ga watan Agusta, ya buga wasan gida a kan Philadelphia Phillies, wanda ya ba Dodgers nasara 7<unk> 6. Garciaparra a zahiri ya ga ƙarin lokaci a takaice a cikin 2008 fiye da kowane matsayi, don saukar da sauran 'yan wasa a Dodgers. Amma a watan Satumba, ya koma ganin lokaci a farko da na uku, kuma ana amfani da shi a matsayin mai tsinkaye. Duk da komawa matsayin da ya fi samun nasara a cikin aikinsa, ya kasance mawuyacin lokaci ga Nomar. Ya buga.264 na shekara, tare da gidaje 8 da 28 RBI, yayin da ya bayyana a wasanni 55 kawai. Dodgers sun hadu da Phillies a
2008 NLCS da zarar an fara wasan bayan wasan, kuma Garciaparra ya buga sosai, yana zuwa 3-for-7 (.429) tare da 1 RBI a cikin jerin. Koyaya, bai bayyana a Wasan 1 ba, kuma daga baya bai buga duka wasan ba a cikin jerin, kamar yadda aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin, ko kuma an maye gurbinsa yayin wasan ya ci gaba a Wasannin 2<unk>5. Dodgers sun ci nasara a wasan na biyar da Phillies, wanda daga karshe ya ci gaba da lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2008.