The Cubs have shut down righty starting pitcher Rich Harden for the rest of the year. This was decided to protect him from injury. He started 26 games for the Cubs this season and he was 9-9 with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. Since coming over from the A’s last season Harden has pitched in 38 games (all starts) in which he is 14-10 with a 3.31 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP. He has only allowed 161 hits in 212 innings with the Cubs while whiffing 260 batters showing just now nasty his stuff is. The biggest problem with Harden is just keeping him in one piece as he has only started more than 30 games 1 time in his 7 year major league career.