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07-08-2008, 04:40 PM | Topic Starter |
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Cubs acquire Rich Harden
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/0...kaplan-of.html
Cubs Acquire Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin By Tim Dierkes [July 8 at 5:25pm CST] 5:36pm: The Cubs' press release is out. The Cubs get Harden and Chad Gaudin for Gallagher, Murton, Patterson, and catching prospect Josh Donaldson. Jim Hendry did his best to counter the Brewers' acquisition of CC Sabathia. The A's get three MLB-ready players plus a solid offense-oriented catching prospect Harden, 26, has been dominant in 13 starts for the A's this year. The injury-prone Harden is a tantalizing player; he's only topped 130 innings once but has a career ERA of 3.42. The latest concern: decreased velocity/dead arm in his last start. Harden has a $7MM club option for '09, which is highly likely to be exercised. Last edited by Sure-Oz; 07-08-2008 at 04:50 PM.. |
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07-08-2008, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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I wonder what move the Cards will make,Nl Central is getting crazy with pitching talent
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07-08-2008, 04:58 PM | #3 |
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Go Cubs!
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07-08-2008, 05:59 PM | #7 |
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And with that...
so goes the cardinals hopes for the playoffs... these are AL studs that will rape and pillage their way through NL lineups |
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07-08-2008, 06:01 PM | #8 |
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07-08-2008, 06:12 PM | #9 | |
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Lineup: LF Soriano RF Fukudome 1B Lee 3B Ramirez C Soto 2B DeRosa CF Edmonds/Johnson SS Theriot Bench: Ward Johnson/Edmonds Fontenot Blanco Cedeno Rotation: Zambrano Harden Lilly Dempster Marquis Bullpen: Gaudin Lieber Wuertz Marmol Wood Howry Eyre This team has alot of solid players in almost all positions, with a solid 1-3 rotation starters, and a very strong bullpen, especially at Marmol and Wood.
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07-08-2008, 05:00 PM | #10 |
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07-08-2008, 05:03 PM | #11 |
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Gaudin is also a solid addition as well to their already solid pen. I think even Gaudin could start if needed for them.
Nice counter to Milwaukee's move |
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07-08-2008, 05:06 PM | #12 |
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This is a huge deal. The Cubs didn't give up anything of value.
Harden in the NL is murder.
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Remember how the A's got Harden? Mulder for Harden? Worked out great for us the first year. Not so well the rest of the way.
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07-08-2008, 05:25 PM | #14 |
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what about dan haren. that deal worked out "ok" for Arizona.
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As for the Harden trade, it is hard to think the Cubs will like this in the end. I just do not trust Moneyball anymore. I especially do not trust any pitchers coming from Oakland. Look at all of the stud pitchers that spent any significant amount of time there that was traded recently. Zito... turned to crap. Mulder... even bigger bust. Hudson... the best of the three, but definitely not the ace he was supposed to be. Oakland overworks their starters and then gets rid of them at high values. Then they break down and are never the same. I can see the same thing with Harden. Rumors have it that Harden was already breaking down with a drop in velocity and the A's got rid of him so quickly because they were not certain if he would last until the end of the month and maintain his value. Time will tell. |
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