| Long gone are the days when teams would fear | | | | value as well. Mulder is a free agent whose career is |
| opening a three game series against Oakland. They'd | | | | practically finished. Tim Hudson is on the 60-day DL |
| go up against Mark Mulder on Friday night, face Tim | | | | and Zito is a mere 3-6 this year after going 10-17 last |
| Hudson on Saturday and then wake up early and try | | | | season. |
| to salvage a game against Barry Zito on Sunday. A | | | | But Beane's Athletics didn't sink like a giant ship hitting |
| trio that dominant hadn't been seen since Tom Glavine, | | | | an iceberg. It took a couple of years but the A's have |
| Greg Maddux and John Smoltz were in the same | | | | seemingly found another dominant trio in Vin Mazzaro, |
| Atlanta Brave fraternity. And just like the timing of a | | | | Josh Outman and Dallas Braden. |
| live grenade, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy | | | | Mazzaro has gotten off to the best start, carrying a |
| Beane knew when to let go. | | | | 2-0 record, giving up only 8 hits and has a stunning |
| Mulder was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Danny | | | | ERA of 0.00. Outman (what a great last name for a |
| Haren, Kiko Calero and minor league catcher Daric | | | | pitcher!) is also undefeated at 4-0. His ERA is at 3.17 |
| Barton. Hudson was shipped to the Atlanta Braves in | | | | and his strikeout-to-walk numbers are 49 to 24. |
| exchange for Charles Thomas, Dan Meyer and Juan | | | | Braden has 5 wins, an ERA of 3.33 and his |
| Cruz. Zito used his success to get $126 million and | | | | strikeout-to-walk numbers are slightly better at 55 to |
| seven years from the San Francisco Giants, a deal | | | | 24. As the previous numbers indicated, these three |
| now considered to arguably be the worst signing in | | | | have some serious fantasy value and all three should |
| Major League Baseball history. These once-great | | | | still be available in your fantasy league. |
| slingers of the fastball now have little-to-no fantasy | | | | |