THE DAN HAREN RUMOR IS BACK IN THE FOLD

Yup, Dan Haren is a name creeping back into Yankeeland again.  In the past, the Yankees have been connected to Haren and usually it happens right around the offseason. Every once in a while over the past few years his name pops up.  This year is no different, the Nationals didn't give Haren a qualifying offer so now he's on the Yankees list again...allegedly. Read past rumors about Haren from BYB:

WHY THE DAN HAREN CHATTER WON'T GO AWAY was from November 2011 and IS DAN HAREN A YANKEE TARGET? was from November 2012. 

Now... it's November again and Joel Sherman of the New York Post suggests:  "The Yanks would love to land Tanaka, re-sign Kuroda" but they may not be able to, and so, Sherman says "keep an eye on Josh Johnson (9.18) and Dan Haren (8.01), who continued to be able to miss bats even in down seasons and might be possible to lure on one-year, build-back-up-value contracts."

Bottom line is the Yankees believe Hiroki Kuroda will go back to Japan.  The Yankees have no guarantee of landing Masahiro Tanaka and as always, there are guys like Haren, Johnson and a whole slew of dudes that always come up because to be honest, the New York media is just as puzzled as all of us as to what Yankeeland is going to do.  It's a big question mark.

I personally like Haren, but I liked Haren in 2009, not necessarily 2013.  Stay tuned for this...

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