EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 Personally, I wouldn't trade Zito a day before free agency, and he's not free agent eligible anyway until 2006. Rich Hardin's a damn fine prospect, but lets not forget that he's only 22 next year, and 22 year olds tend to be somewhat unpredictable. Besides, Billy Beane knows that its easier to find good hitting for cheap than good pitching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 Wait a second. If he were still playing in junior college, he wouldn't have been drafted yet. So you pegged him to replace Barry Zito BEFORE the A's drafted him? I'm impressed. I said he would be a star while he was being drafted out of junior college. Then when the A's got him I said "They're going to be able to trade one of the big 3 now for offense and it won't hurt them a bit". Being as how they have 3 lefties they can go ahead and trade Zito who will be making the most and will get them a damn fine bat. So you in 2000 said that a 17th round draft pick by the Oakland A's would be a star? Anyhoo the A's have another stud named Joe Blanton who you should expect to see called up during the season. The A's won't be able to keep all the Big Three so good thing they have some replacements around although I hope the loss of Rick Peterson doesn't hurt their development. Gonna be tough with the A's ownership to keep more than one of the Big Three past 2006. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 Even so, how long do most teams have a big three like that around? Six years of Zito, Mulder and Hudson is alot by any team's standards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
