MLB Trade Rumors: Dan Haren Traded To The Angels

by Ray Guilfoyle on Jul 25, 2010 6:49 PM EDT in Baseball

Wow!! The Diamondbaclks have traded starting pitcher Dan Haren to the Angels in what appears to be a dump salary trade. The Diamondbacks get pitcher Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin, Rafael Rodriguez and a player to be named later. Unless the PTBNL is a solid prospect, the Diamondbacks appear to have dealt Haren for a serviceable starting pitcher and what else?

Corbin is a starting pitcher in High A with a 13-3 record at two levels this year with a 3.87 ERA, 1.154 WHIP, and a 106-28 K/BB rate. Rodriguez is a middle reliever who was just recently called up from AAA Salt Lake City.

Saunders is 6-10 with a 4.62 ERA, a 1.492 WHIP and 64-45 K/BB rate. A 4th starter at best, but probably a #3 in Arizona.

Nick Piecoro from the Arizona Republic tweeted this a few minutes ago:

Told the player to be named in the deal is a top prospect....Don't know who is on list, but LHP Tyler Skaggs would make sense. Dbacks were close to drafting him last year.

I am curious who the prospect will be, but on the face of it, this is certainly alot less than what the Dbacks gave up to get Haren a few years ago.

ESPN's Buster Olney on the deal:

The D-Backs' trade looks like a pure salary dump. Arizona gets out from under about $30 million in salary obligation, and gets a good (but not great) pitching prospect.

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The PTBL had better be a A+/A prospect otherwise the DBacks got fleeced.

by bezeerk on Jul 25, 2010 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

ESPN’s also reporting that it is Tyler Skaggs. But to me this still seems like a fleecing where they just wanted to get out from under the payroll and nothing else. You know, I didn’t really want to see Dan Haren back in the same division as the Athletics, and really not with the Angels.

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by Jason Hunt on Jul 25, 2010 11:22 PM EDT reply actions

gotta love it being an angel fan...

… I wish TR would spend better the first time around instead of spending to fix past mistakes ala Scott Kazmir and Gary Matthews Jr(yes I know, Bill Stoneman’s move).

I’m real high on Haren despite this seasons struggles. I way over drafted him and have gotten a lousy return on my investment thus far. But I think moving to a pitchers park, to a place he reallys wants be(home), and for a contender could do wonders for him. That ridiculous BABIP has to come down along for the HR/FB rate as well. The only thing that might worry me is workload. Here’s to hoping he has a better 2nd half for the first time in his carreer.

by AlohaHalofan on Jul 26, 2010 10:25 AM EDT via mobile reply actions