DANNY HAREN RUMORS & GOSSIP

The May 31st, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels ...

In need of starting pitching last season, the Angels reached down to Class AAA and promoted right-hander Garrett Richards, asking him to make his first major league start in New York against the Yankees -- and then his second start against the first-place Texas Rangers. Things didn't go so well. Richards was roughed up in the Bronx, then suffered a groin injury in the first...

The Tuesday Takeaway Albert Pujols went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Angels’ 5-1 win over the Yankees last night, giving him seven big flies in his last 14 games. It seems the $254 million man is going to be just fine. But the recent resurgence of Dan Haren is equally important to Mike Scioscia’s team, which will be without Jered Weaver for 3-4 weeks because of a lower...

Last week, I wrote about how Dan Haren couldn't buy a win for the Angels, despite being one of their most effective starters. Last night, Haren only got three runs of support, but he threw the team on his back and earned his second win of the season. Haren threw a complete game shutout against the Mariners, and in typical Haren fashion, was dominant. He allowed four hits, didn...

Los Angeles Angels right-hander Dan Haren is justifiably proud of his status as a workhorse. He has never missed a start in his professional career, leads the majors in starts since 2005 and has pitched at least 215 innings each of the past seven consecutive seasons, the longest active streak in the majors. But Haren was too proud to point to the lower back pain he had been experiencing...

Last night, Dan Haren took the naysayers and said you know nay.  The line was 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, no walks and 14 strikeouts, and, note to Scherzer, he managed 13 other outs.  Good thing Haren and Pujols started clicking before the trade deadline, Arte Moreno was seen buying some leftover Vegas hotel dynamite and about to give the big poof you to the Anaheim Angels Of A 40 Minute...

SEATTLE Now we know what happens when Dan Haren is feeling good, when his back isn't an issue, when his fastball and cutter are behaving and he gets a few runs of support behind him. The Dan Haren who pitched on a cold Thursday night at Safeco Field was on target and in control. Best of all, his lower back wasn't barking as it has been in the past. That's a good sign...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Albert Pujols had three hits, including his 450th career home run, and Dan Haren struck out a career-high 14 to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night. The Angels and Mariners met for the first of 19 games this season and Pujols, a newcomer to the AL West rivalry, made his presence known immediately. He lined a two-run...

I firmly believe that the best Angels starting pitcher is Dan Haren. Typically, he gets overshadowed by Jered Weaver, but Haren's dominance is completely understated. He hasn't has a FIP above 4.00 since 2006 in Oakland, and he had eight straight four win seasons. This year, however, Haren is is 1-5 after last night's loss to the Padres, which was a quality start for...

TEMPE, Ariz. He's not the ace, not the flashy new free-agent signee, and he hasn't been an All-Star the last two seasons. But don't be surprised if Angels pitcher Dan Haren has a career-best season. Yes, you can asterisk everything that's happened in the last few weeks with the notation "It's only spring training," but the 6-foot-5 right-hander has...