THE RICH HARDEN FILE
Age: 31 • Ht.,Wt.: 6-1, 195 • Throws: Right
Low risk: Harden is in camp as a nonroster invitee after signing a minor league contract. Reason for hope: Major league stuff, with career 59-38 record, 3.76 ERA while averaging more than a strikeout per inning.
Reason to be wary: He has been on the disabled list 10 times in his big league career, five times with shoulder problems.
Last season: Sat out after undergoing shoulder surgery in January 2012.
Did you know? His wife, Kelsey, is from Bagley, Minn., about 25 miles west of Bemidji.
PHIL MILLER
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