Mariners to acquire Aaron Harang

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Mariners to acquire Aaron Harang

BayAreaMadSkill: Junior; Posts: 437; And1: 31; Joined: Apr 26, 2012; Post #1 » by BayAreaMadSkill » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:14 pm

Mariners to acquire Aaron Harang

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Post #1 » by BayAreaMadSkill » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:14 pm

The Colorado Rockies are set to trade Aaron Harang to the Seattle Mariners, according to a source.

Seattle has been looking to bolster their starting pitching.

The Rockies acquired Harang from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday for catcher Ramon Hernandez, then immediately designated him for assignment.

I immediately thought "Doesn't this guy suck?" and then I looked up his stats and saw he threw up a 3.6 ERA each of the past two seasons.

Why does nobody want him? Seems like a really solid pickup to me since our rotation sucks.

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Sweezo: Retired Mod; Posts: 18,215; And1: 36; Joined: Aug 12, 2001; Post #2 » by Sweezo » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:34 pm

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Post #2 » by Sweezo » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:34 pm

His ERA is a bit low compared to his FIP and xFIP numbers, and his K/BB rate took a dive last season. So there's a reason was freely available.

But would I trade a reliever of no consequence for Harang, DFA'd Loe, and push Beavan into a long relief role? Absolutely. If he can just provide a few competent starts until Erasmo Ramirez is healthy then I'm pleased.

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