08-24-2009, 09:05 PM
But no way if he's going to be getting anywhere near this much money:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec--><b>Signing Harden to a four-year deal for $50-$60 million is risky, but that's probably what they will have to pay to keep him. </b>Harden has a career winning percentage of .645 (49-27) and 3.36 earned-run average, which is superior to Carlos Zambrano's .613 winning percentage (103-65) and 3.47 ERA.
Starters who have a lower career winning percentage include CC Sabathia (.623), Barry Zito (.557) and Chris Carpenter (.610). Harden won't command the kind of money Sabathia, Zito and Zambrano got, but he should be in the neighborhood of Ryan Dempster's four year, $52 million deal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Am I crazy or is that just an <b>absurd</b> price for him? He's thrown 150+ innings ONCE in 7 seasons. He's as good as there is when he's out there and right, but it's not enough to give him nearly that much money. I'm not talking about just us, I'm saying I don't know how any team can do that.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec--><b>Signing Harden to a four-year deal for $50-$60 million is risky, but that's probably what they will have to pay to keep him. </b>Harden has a career winning percentage of .645 (49-27) and 3.36 earned-run average, which is superior to Carlos Zambrano's .613 winning percentage (103-65) and 3.47 ERA.
Starters who have a lower career winning percentage include CC Sabathia (.623), Barry Zito (.557) and Chris Carpenter (.610). Harden won't command the kind of money Sabathia, Zito and Zambrano got, but he should be in the neighborhood of Ryan Dempster's four year, $52 million deal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Am I crazy or is that just an <b>absurd</b> price for him? He's thrown 150+ innings ONCE in 7 seasons. He's as good as there is when he's out there and right, but it's not enough to give him nearly that much money. I'm not talking about just us, I'm saying I don't know how any team can do that.
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