Usually I look at Billy Beane trades and label them as genius, innovative, or flat out high way robbery. But this? Seriously?The A's give up a number one starter (yeah i know when healthy) and a serviceable 4/5 starter, for ....1) a Single A catcher hitting 2172) Matt Murton- former top prospect   more...
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It's official -- the NL Central race is on as the Cubs have answered the Brewers acquisition of CC Sabathia by picking up P Rich Harden and P Chad Gaudin from the A's for OF Matt Murton, P Sean Gallagher, IF Eric Patterson and C Josh Donaldson.But the Brewers aren't done. CNNSI believes the Crew   more...

Yesterday the biggest news in baseball was CC Sabathia (he's since dropped the ".." in his name), being dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers for four prospects. Today's big news was Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin being dealt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Murton and three prospects. With the trading   more...
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After the Brewers dealt for CC Sabathia I stated on here several times (in the comments mostly) that the Cubs didn't need to make a move to counter the Brewers acquisition.  They just didn't need to and I also said that I'd be surprised if Jim Hendry did.  Well, I was surprised, but   more...
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The Chicago Cubs have acquired Oakland pitcher Rich Harden in six player deal.
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Cubs GM Jim Hendry wasted no time in answering the Brewers move for Sabathia the other day. He landed RH starter Rich Harden from the A's. Hendry said the deal was in the works for the last couple of weeks, but heated up over the holiday weekend. Harden is only 26 and has an option for '09. He has   more...
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After seeing Doug Melvin 90 miles to the north acquire CC (sans punctuation) Sabathia, Big Jim Hendry pulled out his own move acquiring hard-throwing but injury prone Mark Prior Rich Harden. To cover his ass for when if Harden gets injured, he coaxed Billy Beane to throw in Chad Gaudin, who can   more...
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In case you missed it, Alfonso Soriano came up lame while diving for a ball last night. While the news is certainly important to fantasy owners, the promotion of center fielder Felix Pie from triple A is also noteworthy. The Cubs #1 position prospect projects to be a 5-tool player in the mold of   more...
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I've not often given Jim Hendry credit over the last 5 or 6 years.  There have been a lot of things to complain about, but like anyone else, Jim Hendry has his strengths and weaknesses.  One of the strengths is making trades as he did last night for Rich Harden.  I'm not going to   more...
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That took a long time.A day after the Brewers pulled off the "please get us in the playoffs, it's been 25 years, and we want to pee our pants" trade for CC Sabathia, the Chicago Cubs sat on their heels did nothing for 24 hours, and then completed their own mega-trade, landing Athletics' pitcher   more...
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The NL Central, which is apparently trying to become the new AL East, acquired its second big name in as many days on Tuesday, as Oakland traded RHP Sean Gallagher, OFs Matt Murton, 2B Eric Patterson, and single-A catcher Josh Donaldson to the Cubs for pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin.Gallagher   more...
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The staff at TMS bid adieu to our blog's namesake as he heads to greener pastures, and a greener uniform.
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CHICAGO (AP)—The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player trade on Tuesday, a day after the rival Milwaukee Brewers landed ace CC Sabathia.
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Will update later on, but the trade is official.Cubs get Rich Harden and Chad GaudinA's get Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson and Josh DonaldsonNot bad at all in my opinion.
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