Last night when I got home from the beach, I heard that the Red Sox had acquired Rich Harden from the A's for minor league first baseman Lars Anderson and a player to be named later.
I was pretty psyched because the Red Sox are pretty well set at first base for a long time and Lars Anderson didnt reall have a future with the Red Sox, so they werent really losing much.
But when I woke up today, I learned that the deal was called off. I did a little research and found a timeline as to what went down (with help from MLBTradeRumors.com):
Saturday July 30th
8:20pm: Jayson Stark of ESPN tweets that the Red Sox are closing in on a deal for Rich Harden.
8:33pm: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says that the deal could involve Lars Anderson, the Red Sox Triple-A first baseman. Anderson was pulled from the Pawtucket lineup in the 7th inning around the same time the trade rumors swirled.
8:35pm: Jason Stark and Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus confirmed that Anderson and a player to be named later will headed to the Oakland Athletics in the deal.
11:47pm: Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Oakland Athletic’s GM Billy Beane told Harden he’s still scheduled to pitch for the A’s Tuesday.
Sunday, July 31
12:05am: Ian Browne of MLB.com reported that Harden told the Oakland media that there is no deal and that he’s staying with the A’s.
12:36am: Alex Speier of WEEI reports that the Red Sox were not counting on the deal getting done.
1:05am: Finally Speier confirmed that what killed the deal was uncertainty after a review of Harden’s medicals. It led to some issues and broke the deal apart.
10:58am: The Red Sox tried to remove the player to be named later from the deal and just send Anderson after looking at Harden's medicals, and were rebuffed by the A's, tweets Sean McAdam.
Its too bad because, even though Rich Harden is injury prone, he was only making relatively cheap money and Lars Anderson probably isnt going to crack the Red Sox roster...unless he converts to a short stop or starting pitcher.
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