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Red Sox Deal For Harden Falls Through
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 31, 2011 at 1:05am CST]
SUNDAY,1:05am: Uncertainty after a review of Harden's medicals led the deal
coming apart, tweets Speier.
12:36am: A major league source says that the BoSox are not counting
on the deal getting done, according to Alex Speier of WEEI.com.
12:05am: Harden told the Oakland media that there is no deal and that
he's staying with the A's, tweets Ian Browne of MLB.com. A Boston source
confirmed Brown (via Twitter) that the deal is off.
SATURDAY, 11:47pm: A's GM Billy Beane told Harden he's still scheduled to
pitch for the A's Tuesday, according to Slusser (on Twitter).
8:35pm: Anderson and a player to be named will head to Oakland in the deal,
according to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus and Stark (Twitter links).
8:33pm: The deal could happen tonight and may involve Triple-A first baseman
Lars Anderson, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe (on Twitter).
8:20pm: It looks as though the Red Sox are closing in on a deal for Rich
Harden, according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark on Twitter. ESPN's Buster Olney
reported on the deal earlier today and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco
Chronicle reported tonight that there was a "strong chance" of a deal.
Harden, 29, has a 4.30 ERA with 9.2 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 29 1/3 innings for
the A's this year. The British Columbia native was on the disabled list until
the beginning of July. He earns a $1.5MM base salary this year.