Dan Haren Could Retire Rather Than Pitch For Marlins

Dan Haren now faces a decision about whether he will pitch for the Miami Marlins or retire from Major League Baseball.

Veteran starting pitcher Dan Haren had a $10 million option vest for the 2015 season. At age 34, however, Haren seriously considered retiring rather than returning to the mound for another season. In the end, Haren decided to return to pitch…for the Los Angeles Dodgers, that is.

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Nobody said anything about pitching for the Marlins, however.

Haren was one of the pieces of a mega-trade on Wednesday night that also sent Dee Gordon to the Marlins in exchange for a boatload of cost-controlled prospects. Now it sounds like retirement might become a serious consideration for Haren once again.

Early word is that the Marlins should not get their hopes up about Dan Haren making an appearance in their starting rotation next season.

Haren has friends in the game who say he is serious about retiring if he's traded away from southern California. Now a decision to come.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 11, 2014

Told by person close to Haren that stance from few weeks back unchanged if he is traded anywhere but #Angels he will retire
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 10, 2014

Dan haren stance is same. If he's traded to team other than angels, he is leaning toward retiring
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 10, 2014

Maybe the Marlins calculated this into their analysis of the trade package, but this is still an odd dynamic to a big trade that just went through at the MLB Winter Meetings.

Dan Haren now faces a decision about whether he will pitch for the Miami Marlins or retire from Major League Baseball.

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