2010 AL West Preview: Is Moneyball Dead and Buried in Oakland?

After years of being a seller, A’s GM Billy Beane spent the winter of 2008-09 in the uncharacteristic role of buyer, adding OF Matt Holliday (via trade) and 1B/DH Jason Giambi (via free agency).

At this time last winter I wrote the moves “(had) placed the organization in a position where it can either compete for the division title or, if the team is non-competitive in mid-summer, flip soon-to-be-free-agent Holliday for prospects at the trade deadline.”

Well, for the third consecutive season the team was not competitive and, as predicted, Holliday was shipped off to the St Louis Cardinals in exchange for 3B Brett Wallace, OF Shane Peterson and RHP Clayton Mortensen…Wallace was later flipped to the Toront...

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