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Isaiah4110
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...4 months after it was made.
Haha, perfect example is right in front of our noses:
Fast forward 5 more years and look where we are now. Harden never had an ERA below 4 after 2008 and is no where to be found. Gallagher, Murton and Patterson are all long gone. Gaudin did nothing for the Cubs. And that aging (by High A ball standards) catcher in now arguably one of the top 5 third basemen in the AL and looking like he could very well be a perennial MVP candidate. Donaldson FTW?
Just thought it would be fun to remind everyone where he came from.
Haha, perfect example is right in front of our noses:
4 months later Harden had finished out the season with the Cubs, starting 12 healthy games with a 5-1 record, 1.77 ERA and .97 WHIP in 71 IP with 89 Ks. Gallagher, Murton and Patterson all looked like failures and Josh Donaldson was a 22 year old catcher playing in High A ball. He had at least had a decent half year for the Ports, but his terrible first half in Peoria made the year as a whole look very mediocre. Even though Chad Gaudin had been a complete non-factor for the Cubs, they looked like the hands down winners of this deal.Rich Harden
July 8, 2008: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Chad Gaudin to the Chicago Cubs for Josh Donaldson, Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton and Eric Patterson.
Fast forward 5 more years and look where we are now. Harden never had an ERA below 4 after 2008 and is no where to be found. Gallagher, Murton and Patterson are all long gone. Gaudin did nothing for the Cubs. And that aging (by High A ball standards) catcher in now arguably one of the top 5 third basemen in the AL and looking like he could very well be a perennial MVP candidate. Donaldson FTW?
Just thought it would be fun to remind everyone where he came from.