Cubs get Dan Haren from Marlins, according to source

— -- MILWAUKEE -- The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Dan Haren from the Miami Marlins on Friday before the non-waiver trade deadline, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Haren, 34, is 7-7 with a 3.42 ERA in 21 starts this season. He has given up 116 hits in 129 innings, although his strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.52) is his lowest in six years.

In return, the Cubs will send the Marlins minor leaguers Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto, a source told ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.

The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the trade.

Cubs catcher Miguel Montero played with Haren when both were with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2008 to 2010.

"Haren is not what he was," Montero said last month. "Everyone knows that, but the one thing that he has, and I would take it any day, is he has guts. He goes out there and competes."

Haren's $10 million salary is being paid by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who traded him to Miami in the offseason. His contract runs out at the end of this season.

The Cubs tried to trade for Haren in 2012 in a deal with the Dodgers for Carlos Marmol, but it fell through.

There was some concern about Haren's effectiveness in front of the Cubs' defense this season, as the pitcher throws to more contact than he used to, but the infield has improved greatly, so the right-hander should have a better chance to succeed.