Harden has pitched 277 innings the last 4 years. He has made 13, 4, 9, 19 starts the last 4 years. He makes 4 million this year, 1/2 of what has already been paid. Gaugin makes 1.7 million 1/2 of which was already paid. This is more a case of selling high than a salary dump considering he wasnt making much anyway. He wasnt going to be considered a class A free agent so the draft pick they would receive for him would not be that great anyway. There is no way that Beane was goign to re-sign this guy for big money (and he shouldnt)anyway and unless you are delusional, they wont be WS contenders next year either.
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07-09-2008, 07:49 PM
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