Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Rangers Set To Add Another Promising But Suspect Arm

Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket is reporting that the Texas Rangers are closing in on a deal with right-handed pitcher Rich Harden.

Harden was 9-9 with a 4.09 ERA in 26 games for the Cubs in 2009. The Cubs did not offer Harden salary arbitration, making him a free agent. Harden made $7 million last season in Chicago.

Rich Harden close to one-year deal with Rangers.

The Rangers have offered the pitcher a one-year deal for about $7.5 million in the hopes that they can catch lightning in a bottle with a player who, when healthy, is as dominant a pitcher as there is in the game. This however, is certainly not a given as Harden has escaped injury in just one of his seven seasons in the majors.

Harden, has a 50-29 record with a 3.39 ERA in 127 starts but has pitched more than 150 innings just once in his career.

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