Rich Harden

[RedSoxdominate]

What does everyone think his numbers are going to be this year? Is he upper-tier yet?

[RynMan]

What does everyone think his numbers are going to be this year? Is he upper-tier yet?

He will be very good this year. ERA around 3.20 Id say. Probably 190 K in as many innings. 13-15 Wins. Id take him as a strong number 2 pitcher on my staff.

[Cleveland Steamers]

Im saying 15 W's, 3.78 ERA , 194 K's, 1.17 WHIP...good number 2

[fantasyfiend]

Control issues still linger.

Im not nearly as high on Harden as some are.

I see a k/9 of about 8.0
200+ innings
an ERA between 3.75 and 4.25
and a whip in the 1.20's

wins are much to volatile to make an accurate projection. for the sake of the team im hoping "he can win" 15+

Mulder won 17 last year with an era in the mid 4's.

[cordscords]

3.35 era, 1.25 whip, 15 wins, 180 k's

he's getting to the upper tier

[mtarail]

I think he'll be real good in real life, but not "upper tier" in fantasy terms.

I think he's gonna have intermittent battles with control, and as a result he won't improve his WHIP enough to be considered upper tier.

[RynMan]

Control issues still linger.

Im not nearly as high on Harden as some are.

I see a k/9 of about 8.0
200+ innings
an ERA between 3.75 and 4.25
and a whip in the 1.20's

wins are much to volatile to make an accurate projection. for the sake of the team im hoping "he can win" 15+

Mulder won 17 last year with an era in the mid 4's.

Do you see him throwing over 200 innings with the great pen they have now? I would think that they would nurture him a little with such a young live arm, particularly when you have guys like Cruz and Duscherer in there that can throw alot of innings in relief. Just curious what your thoughts are....

As for Mulder, he won 12 of those 17 games before the all star break when he had an ERA of 3.21. He only got the other 5 after the break with an ERA of 6.13.

I believe alot of people are going to undervalue Wins for A's pitchers this year - as they are undervaluing the team as a whole.

The two things that are important in helping a pitcher obtain a win in Oakland have been upgraded. The bullpen (which blew countless numbers of games for starters in 04) is now stacked. Along with that they have added a strong bats in Ginter and Kendall, and replaced Dye with Swisher. Along with a healthy season of Eric Chavez. I will say it now and you can come back and hose me later if I get it wrong, Harden will get at least 15 wins this season if he throws 190+ innings.

[Halo]

Do you see him throwing over 200 innings with the great pen they have now? I would think that they would nurture him a little with such a young live arm, particularly when you have guys like Cruz and Duscherer in there that can throw alot of innings in relief. Just curious what your thoughts are....

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As for Harden reaching 200, I definitely think he will. The A's have a tendancy not to hold back young arms, so I would be surprised if they tried to nurture Harden. Plus, he pitched almost 190 innings last year. Look at each of the Big 3 in their respective first two full seasons:

Hudson - 202/235
Zito - 214/229
Mulder - 229/207

Obviously that was under a different Manager, but Macha hasn't shown any signs of letting up on his starters. Assuming he's durable enough, he'll go 200, and I think he's a stud in the making.

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[Yoda]

What does everyone think his numbers are going to be this year? Is he upper-tier yet?

He will be very good this year. ERA around 3.20 Id say. Probably 190 K in as many innings. 13-15 Wins. Id take him as a strong number 2 pitcher on my staff.

There is a chance that he may regress a bit. I believe he will take step up but not enough to move into the upper tier until he can straighten out his control prblems.

[RynMan]

Do you see him throwing over 200 innings with the great pen they have now? I would think that they would nurture him a little with such a young live arm, particularly when you have guys like Cruz and Duscherer in there that can throw alot of innings in relief. Just curious what your thoughts are....

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I wish I knew how to grab just a part of a quote. I'm still new at this, I'll learn.

As for Harden reaching 200, I definitely think he will. The A's have a tendancy not to hold back young arms, so I would be surprised if they tried to nurture Harden. Plus, he pitched almost 190 innings last year. Look at each of the Big 3 in their respective first two full seasons:

Hudson - 202/235
Zito - 214/229
Mulder - 229/207

Obviously that was under a different Manager, but Macha hasn't shown any signs of letting up on his starters. Assuming he's durable enough, he'll go 200, and I think he's a stud in the making.

Now if I could just get someone to tell me how to grab part of a quote...

To quote, jus click on the quote button in the top right corner of each message. You have to click on the one you want to quote.

I would be curious to know what Oakland's bullpen ERA and blown saves stats were during the years for Zito, mulder, and hudson. Because I tend to think Harden only threw deep into games last year because the bullpen was useless.