Matt Holliday, what you can expect

I must be honest, I went through mixed emotions on this one:

1. This is not like Billy Beane at all! What is he thinking?
2. They dont have the money to keep him
3. Maybe he will get traded during the deadline? Get some prospects?
4. No, no, no! The A’s are trying to sell tickets
5. What is Beane up to?

If there is one thing we learned from Beane, is that he is unpredictable. At any given moment he could trade away a top player (Moneyball), and we would get mixed emotions. But the other thing I have learned, is that whatever he does works. So he is up to something with Holliday, so here is what you can expect: Matt Holliday is one of the players I have watched over the years, he is the next great player. I always thought that, way before he made that slide in the 2007 AL West playoff game. He has a hard work ethic that nobody can ruin.

Here are some Stats:

2004: In 121 games he had a .290 batting average, 57 RBIs, 14 HRs, and 116 Gits

2005: In 125 Games he had a .307 batting average, 87 RBIs, 19 HRs, and 147 hits

2006: In his breakout year (that nobody noticed), in 155 games he had a .326 batting average, 114 RBIs, 34 HRs, and 196 hits. 15th in MVP voting.

2007: In what everybody thought was his breakout year, in 158 games he had a .340 batting average, 137 RBIs, 36 HRs, and 216 hits. Finished 2nd in MVP voting

2008: In 139 games, he had a .321 batting average, 88 RBIs, 25 HRs, and 173 hits. All of that in a shortened season

Some may say his number will drop in a park like the Coliseum. But they wont. The best Baseball players adapt to ballparks, Holliday is one of the best! So A’s fans, you now have an excuse to go to the park this season. But how long will he last? Do the A’s have the money to keep him? I say no, but the world of Bill Beane is seriously unpredictable.

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