The Dodgers have signed Dan Haren to a one year, $10 million dollar deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
Sources: Haren to #Dodgers, one year, $10M plus 2015 option that vests at 180 innings. Pending physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 25, 2013
The deal also contains an option for 2015 that vests if Haren pitches 180 innings.
Haren had an ERA of 4.67 in 2013, which is a bit high, but he was averaging eight strikeouts and one walk per nine innings, which is very good.
I was expecting Haren to go for more than $10 million because earlier in the offseason Tim Lincecum, a pitcher that isn’t much better than Dan Haren, signed a two year, $35 million dollar deal with the Giants.
I am not sure where Haren fits into the Dodgers’ rotation that already consists of Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Chad Billingsley and Josh Beckett. The Dodgers will either go with a six man rotation or they will have to move one of those six starters into the bullpen as a long reliever.
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