I agree with Zoom. IMO, I think Beane should have waited one more year before doing this. They had the pieces in place. They got a good catcher, they solid staff and the decent bullpen. Now that the Big 3 has become the big one, they'll have to wait a couple years to even have a shot. Even if they traded Hudson, the players they got from him were still good and just made their bullpen better and they still would have had a solid Mulder, Zito, Harden combo. Just my two cents.