The Official 'i Don't Get Billy Beane' Thread

[I LOVE WOMENS VOLLEYBALL]

I dont get billy beane, i read moneyball and such but why does he trade two of the big three and look to trade the other one (zito to balt) in three days? i just don't see a method to his madness

[Zenny]

He's looking to reload. Beane has only a small amount of money to utilize to maintain a competitive team. He cannot be expected to maintain these guys as they get older because they just get more expensive. Young players are always cheap and can normally be relied on to be better year after year. If same team wasn't going to win the West last season, why would they do it this year with even less certainties from their starters?

 

Plus, check out the peripheral stats on all three of the "Big 3" and look at how sharply they are declining, Hudson included. None of them are what they used to be. Also, Hudson and Mulder have had injury problems in their own right. Granted, I do believe both will have better '05 seasons than '04 seasons, but that is going to have more to do with the NL effect (and Leo Mazzone in Hudson's case) than it will with either of these guys getting better in their own right. Zito, on the other hand, is going to be average for the A's or likely suck if traded to the Orioles (here's to hoping).