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Midlo- Haren's upcoming contract? I couldn't disagree with you more.

For a pitcher of Haren's caliber, $10 million for one year is an absolute bargain. From 2005-2011, only CC Sabathia threw more innings than him. After coming off his DL stint in 2013, Haren had a 3.19 ERA, and opponents had a slash line of .228/.271/.355 against him. He throws a ton of strikes and racks up a moderate amount of strikeouts. His peripheral stats and projections are pretty much in line with his career averages…so even getting just 160 innings out of him in 2014 at that caliber would make the deal more than worth it.

In my opinion, Haren and Hudson's contracts are the two best sure-bets of the offseason. I haven't come across a single analyst that thinks Haren is being overpaid.

12/4/134:04 PM

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