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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
O.K., now I am going to again state the key point that is missing in your assessment, and in the assessment of your statboy friend who wrote the article. Your assessment is that Gallagher and the others(combined) will be better (in the future) than Harden. That may be a correct assessment, but the problem is that the A's will get rid of them before they become free agents. That's what they are doing with Harden. They still had him relatively cheap for a year and a half. That year and a half needs to be taken advantage of, but they didn't(especially for the start of 2009.). They make a trade like this by selling the fact they can keep young players until they become free agents. During that time they expect them to prosper. What your ignoring is they won't get the full "good cheap years" from guys like Gallagher. They will do with him what they did with Harden. I'm sure 4 or 5 years ago they told their fans that they were building for 2008/9. That time has come, and they have pushed that back to 2010-2012. When does it payoff with ring contenders? 2006 was a fluke. The free agents all hit huge that year. They dumped them all in 2007. They don't raise good enough hitters to contend for championships.
2) The A's hurt themselves for 2008, and 2009...........This seems to go right over the statboys heads, because they don't particularly care if the A's can contend for a ring. They don't care if that ever comes.
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I dont know why you think that they hurt themselves so badly for the next 2 years. Harden pitched in 13 games for them this year. 13. You know that they play 162 a year right? He wasnt 13-0. Gaudin was a mop up man. You know a guy who pitches when the game is already out of reach? Your irritation at the financial parts just dont make sense. Harden wasnt due that much money and there was no way they were giving him a long term contract anyway becuase of his injury history as much as the money. I think anyone who signs this guy to a long term deal is nuts.