Here’s a Thought: Michael Taylor Is Better Than Brett Wallace

When the A's acquired Brett Wallace, Clayton Mortensen, and Shane Peterson from the Cardinals in July for Matt Holliday, my response was something of a "Meh."

I mean, the A's needed to trade Holliday, and I trust Billy Beane to get the best package of players he can, and a lot of people love Wallace, but I wasn't too thrilled with the package. Ultimately, it was somewhat similar to the Carlos Gonzalez-Huston Street-Greg Smith package used to acquire Holliday in the first place, so I figured it was pretty much a wash.

The only reason people saw the deal as a real victory for Oakland was not because of Mortensen, who had an awful stint in Oakland in 2009, ...

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