Headlines

  • Red Sox, Marlins Swap Matt Barnes For Richard Bleier
  • Darren O’Day Announces Retirement
  • Royals To Re-Sign Zack Greinke
  • Rays Close To Contract Extension With Yandy Diaz
  • Mets To Extend Jeff McNeil
  • Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker Through 2025
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • Top 50 Free Agents
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Arbitration Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Braves Sign Aaron Harang

By Jeff Todd | March 24, 2014 at 7:17pm CDT

7:17pm: The Braves have announced that Harang has agreed to a MLB deal with the club. 

6:09pm: The Braves have agreed to sign pitcher Aaron Harang, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Atlanta had been rumored to be interested in adding another arm after parting with veteran Freddy Garcia earlier today (per MLB.com's Mark Bowman, on Twitter).

Of course, Harang himself was let go by the Indians just hours ago after requesting his release. The soon-to-be-36-year-old had strong results in the spring, though he threw just 9 innings for Cleveland. Last year, pitching for the Mariners and Mets, Harang posted a 5.40 ERA in 143 1/3 innings. Before that, however, he put up two consecutive seasons of 170+ innings and earned run averages just over 3.60. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, advanced metrics pegged his value somewhere in the middle, with FIP, xFIP, and SIERA marks all falling above 4.00 but below 5.00 over the last three campaigns.

Share 13 Retweet 91 Send via email0

Atlanta Braves Transactions Aaron Harang

Padres Place Rule 5 Pick Patrick Schuster On Waivers
Main
White Sox To Add Rule 5 Pick Nieto To Opening Day Roster
View Comments (35)

Comments

  1. LordOfTheSwings

    9 years ago

    Well… I just don’t get this.

    Reply
    • Nathan Justice

      9 years ago

      It was money driven. They blew their wad on Ervin. They can’t even afford the 1.5 mil that Garcia would have got if he made the roster.

      Reply
      • Fjaschler

        9 years ago

        It was more than money driven. It was “stuff” driven as well. Garcia has not been picking up any velocity at all this spring, still throwing in the mid-80s with his heat without pinpoint control, yes, it’s worked for the most part this spring but it’s not something anyone is going to bank on in the regular season. Harang meanwhile this spring has regained velocity that was missing last year, throwing in the low 90s. He’s a better gamble at this point than Garcia.

        Reply
  2. TDKnies

    9 years ago

    Gotta hope last year was just a fluke and not Harang reaching the end of his rope. His K/9 and BB/9 in 2013 were his best since 2009, but his HR/9 was terrible in some very big home ballparks. If the Braves are lucky he’ll bounce back a little bit and be a very average SP for the short amount of time they need him. It they aren’t lucky then I guess they’ll just continue to have very little depth.

    Reply
  3. TDKnies

    9 years ago

    Gotta hope last year was just a fluke and not Harang reaching the end of his rope. His K/9 and BB/9 in 2013 were his best since 2009, but his HR/9 was terrible in some very big home ballparks. If the Braves are lucky he’ll bounce back a little bit and be a very average SP for the short amount of time they need him. It they aren’t lucky then I guess they’ll just continue to have very little depth.

    Reply
  4. Dale Gribble

    9 years ago

    In 2011 & 2012, Harang wasn’t that bad of a pitcher at all. 3.64 ERA
    in 2011 with The Padres. 3.61 ERA in 2012 with The Dodgers both with
    more than 170 Innings lobbed in each of those two seasons. Last year was
    a complete wreck for Harang pitching to a 5.40 ERA, but the recent
    success in 2011 & 2012. Along with a sizable career of good starts
    leads me to believe with some work he could be a real find. The Braves
    now have 3 of the ugliest baseball players in the bigs: Freddie Freeman,
    Dan Uggla, and Aaron Harang.

    Reply
    • Danny Phillips

      9 years ago

      Dodgers and Padres play in maybe the most pitcher friendly stadiums in baseball. Hard to expect much from this signing.

      Reply
      • Nathan Justice

        9 years ago

        Yeah I smell jobber mop up duty for him.

        Reply
    • jury_rigger

      9 years ago

      Was the jab at the end really necessary?

      Reply
      • Dale Gribble

        9 years ago

        No, I was joking. I apologize to anyone who was offended. I am a huge Braves fan that I thought was just throwing a little humor in there. So again, Sorry.

        Reply
        • Farley

          9 years ago

          Dude, its a joke, people. Lighten up. Don’t apologize, it’s not your fault people aren’t able to get over themselves anymore.

    • Tommy Gunn

      9 years ago

      Watch your mouth about Freddie.

      Reply
      • Luke DeSando

        9 years ago

        The beard hides his face

        Reply
      • Dale Gribble

        9 years ago

        Okay, I apologize about that Barb at the end. I love Freddie Freeman as a player, and was just kidding.

        Reply
    • Keith Lockhart's glove

      9 years ago

      Call out all the ugly young men that play baseball and have tons of money (or a sweet contract). Some of need to know these things.

      Reply
  5. Drew Pike

    9 years ago

    Hard to think Harangatang is better than Freddy. He was frustrating to watch last year.

    Reply
    • NL_East_Rivalry

      9 years ago

      He’s cheaper

      Reply
      • cardsfan67

        9 years ago

        He’s not cheaper than someone that they could bring up from the minors, and the results would probably be the same.

        Reply
        • NL_East_Rivalry

          9 years ago

          Probably, but there’s more upside here than bringing someone up sadly or using a AAAA player

        • ergagain

          9 years ago

          i think they just want a couple starts from someone, and he’s the lowest bidder. theyre always watching the innings on the younger arms pretty closely, so this is probably just a filler move to buy some time and ease the workload on a few guys.

        • cardsfan67

          9 years ago

          Agreed, that is probably all they want. I know them and the Nats are going to be fighting for the division crown and it is probably going to come down to one or two games for the title, so I understand why they are doing it, I guess after seeing the Cards bring up a boatload of pitchers last year and it turned out ok, I am a little more on the side of using internal options.

    • Ruthlessly Absurd

      9 years ago

      I saw Harangatang TOO. *Melts*

      Reply
  6. Lennie Briscoe

    9 years ago

    Releasing Garcia and signing Harang is like taking off a dirty pair of underwear to put on another dirty pair of underwear.

    Reply
    • ergagain

      9 years ago

      …and saving $1.5 million

      Reply
      • Keith Lockhart's glove

        9 years ago

        Which could go a long ways toward buying lots of new (and clean) underwear!

        Reply
    • Jeff

      9 years ago

      If you’re going to get rotten underwear, this is like getting it at Goodwill instead of Wal-Mart.

      Reply
    • connfyoozed .

      9 years ago

      I’m not sure which I love more: your screen name, or that comment. Briscoe was one of the best characters on TV, maybe ever.

      Reply
  7. Nathan Justice

    9 years ago

    Harang is gonna get a lot less than the 1.5 Mil Fred was gonna get. That’s the reason right there.

    Reply
  8. Matt K

    9 years ago

    Doesn’t hurt, the Braves have way more success with these types of signings than other teams.

    Reply
  9. jury_rigger

    9 years ago

    Scouts have had Harang’s fastball at 92-93 this month. Harang’s avg. FB velo was 89.4 last year per fangraphs

    Reply
  10. Braves1976

    9 years ago

    Bad move releasing Garcia for Harang. Every team in the NL East hits well over .300 against him and all have high OPS over .800 against him. He has also been terrible of late too.

    Reply
  11. JasonGrabowski

    9 years ago

    Why get rid of Garcia? this guy battled the best pitcher in baseball in your teams last game last year and was a class act when his bullpen blew the game for him. I guess I’m unclear why it looks like they’re replacing him with lurch, lol

    Reply
  12. ergagain

    9 years ago

    they probably let freddy know that they weren’t going to keep him in the rotation once everyone else was ready, and out of courtesy released him at a time when he’s most likely to find a new job.

    …that and $1.5 mill is a lot when you just blew your wad on Ervin

    Reply
  13. Matt Talbert

    9 years ago

    He’s starting to harang the curveball…..

    Reply
  14. Alex Snow

    9 years ago

    Now they can harang the multitudes…

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Red Sox, Marlins Swap Matt Barnes For Richard Bleier

    Darren O’Day Announces Retirement

    Royals To Re-Sign Zack Greinke

    Rays Close To Contract Extension With Yandy Diaz

    Mets To Extend Jeff McNeil

    Braves Extend Manager Brian Snitker Through 2025

    Rays Sign Pete Fairbanks To Extension

    Royals Sign Aroldis Chapman To One-Year Deal

    Athletics Sign Jesús Aguilar

    Orioles Acquire Cole Irvin From A’s

    Astros Name Dana Brown General Manager

    Rays Extend Jeffrey Springs

    Royals, Red Sox Swap Adalberto Mondesi For Josh Taylor

    Red Sox Designate Matt Barnes For Assignment

    Scott Rolen Elected Into Baseball Hall Of Fame

    Red Sox Sign Adam Duvall

    Brad Ausmus Reportedly Among Astros’ GM Finalists

    Mike Clevinger Under Investigation For Domestic Violence Allegations

    Arte Moreno No Longer Pursuing Sale Of Angels

    Twins Acquire Michael A. Taylor From Royals

    Recent

    Braves Agree To Minor League Deals With Adeiny Hechavarria, Magneuris Sierra

    Reds, Chad Pinder Agree To Minor League Contract

    Diamondbacks Re-Sign Jake Hager To Minor League Deal

    Red Sox, Marlins Swap Matt Barnes For Richard Bleier

    Brewers Sign Monte Harrison To Minor League Deal

    Quick Hits: Orioles, Nationals, Steer

    Red Sox Designate Franklin German For Assignment

    Read The Transcript Of Our Chat Hosted By Former MLB Pitcher Collin Balester

    Giants Sign Joe Ross To Minor League Deal

    White Sox Claim A.J. Alexy From Twins

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Offseason Outlook Series
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2023
    • 2022-23 MLB Free Agent List
    • MLB Player Chats
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version