The Los Angeles Dodgers signed two bargain basement starting pitchers, Right Hander Aaron Harang and Lefty Chris Capuano, for the 2012 season to round out their starting rotation.
Righty Aaron Harang is 34 years old and a veteran of ten seasons. He is also a two time 16-game winner with the Cincinnati Reds and went 14-7 last season with National League West rivals San Diego Padres. He has a career 95-94 record with a 1.347 WHIP. The Dodgers need him to pitch 200+ innings and he has only done that three times in his ten seasons. The Dodgers have young, unproven arms in the minors that could pick up the innings if Harang falters or gets injured but a veteran arm would be real nice down the stretch.
Chris Capuano is a veteran lefty who missed all of the 2008 and 2009 seasons because of arm problems and that is why I am not completely sold on this signing. He is a former 18-game winner with the Milwaukee Brewers with a 1.355 WHIP and he has a career record of 57-64. Once again, they need him to pitch 200+ innings and he has only done that twice in his career. This does give the Dodgers three Lefties in their starting rotation but they don't have many left-handed pitchers in their minor league system.
It would be sweet if the Dodgers could get 20-25 wins out of Harang and Capuano but my prediction is 17 wins. To start the season the Dodgers will at least have an all veteran rotation and it will be interesting to see how far that will take them.
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