Harden or Gallagher?

spizzlepop1,000+ posts

Harden was a very good pitcher in 2005. But only 13 starts over the last three years. Who would you rather have? I think the A's stole one, and once again have the makings of a very, very good young pitching staff

Harden:
2003 Oakland AL 21 Oak MLB p 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- --- --- --
2004 Oakland AL 22 Oak MLB p 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 000 100%
2005 Oakland AL 23 Oak MLB p 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- --- --- --
2008 Oakland MLB 26 Oak MLB 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 500 -

Gallagher:
Major League Totals - 2 Season(s) 3 4 5.28 20 10 0 0 1 73.1 77 46 43 9 34 54 2 0 9.45 1.10 4.17 6.63 1.51 --
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s) 38 17 2.77 89 88 0 0 0 481.0 408 175 148 26 188 482 27 7.63 0.49 3.52 9.02 1.24 --

7/9/085:55 PM

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theEH1,000+ posts

The A's always amaze me, Or should I say Beane amazes me.
He alway's will get 3 or 4 player's in return for trading 1 or 2 player's.
And if you look at who he trade's for, They are all young.
And very talented player's.
He does not trade for veteran's.
Like I said before they are loaded with quality pitching in there minor league system.
EH

7/9/086:43 PM

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Doughnutman1,000+ posts

Billy Beane is very good. My Diamondbacks picked up Dan Haren relatively cheap and I keep waiting for something bad to happen. Hope he made a mistake this time or it was really just about money for once.

7/10/0812:58 PM

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06catcherdad1,000+ posts

I'm not sure how 'relatively' cheap the D'backs got Haren. They gave up a lot of quality prospects for Haren. Of course, if there's a club that can afford to off-load some minor league prospects, it would be the D'backs.

7/10/083:26 PM

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Doughnutman1,000+ posts

That's why I said relatively cheap. Right now we are loaded in the farm. I wouldn't be surprised if we lost a couple more prospects for a veteran outfielder. Then again, management likes the young guys and it is pretty hard to argue against it. Even if we make the play offs, we have no chance against the American League so we might as well stay with the youngin's.

But I really love Haren. He has great stuff and is tough and smart. A rare combination.

7/10/083:49 PM

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spizzlepop1,000+ posts

Brett Anderson, a LHP, is one of the guys that Beane got in the trade for Haren. I've followed him since he was 16, and he really looks like he may turn out to be a special one.

7/10/084:09 PM

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JT1,000+ posts

Harden...easy question...b/c he's an AL pitcher going to the NL...and he's on a couple of my fantasy teams.

7/10/084:41 PM

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Doughnutman1,000+ posts

Well spizzlepop. If Anderson is that good then we should be able to get him back for some prospects after he has proven himself in the bigs for 3-4 years and is in his prime.

7/10/085:25 PM

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spizzlepop1,000+ posts

Could happen Doughnutman

Until then you'll probably have to root against him, or you can just watch him pitch in the Futures Game.

Funny story about Brett. As he was heavily recruited out of HS, the Andersons got an in house visit from Mark Marquess from Stanford. What's so unusual about that? Brett's dad Frank happens to be the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State! That must have been an interesting dinner conversation. Brett ended up going in the 2nd round and signing with AZ.

7/10/087:37 PM

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