Oakland A’s: Life After Harden
July 10, 2008 · Filed Under Fantasy Baseball · Comment
The Athletics have a long standing tradition of dealing their top talent when they are going to be getting a new contract and plucking talent from other clubs in the process to add to an already deep minor league system. This is commonly know as Money Ball (loose definition). In this one I think they could have done better than what they got. Yes, Rich Harden is injury prone but he always puts together respectable if not dominant numbers for at least 140 IP a season. Lets face it, a starting pitchers main concern is keeping runs off the board and eating up crucial innings. I’m going to break down the players the Athletics received and what tools they can bring to the organization.