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Yahoo sports 12/18/04 A's trade Mulder to Cardinals for prospects
The Oakland Athletics traded their second top starter in three days, sending left-hander Mark Mulder to the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday for a package of prospects.

``We've had to reinvent ourselves every year,'' A's general manager Billy Beane said. ``This is probably the most drastic. ... There's certainly some sadness losing first Tim and then Mark from a personal standpoint. Unfortunately, this is something we've had to deal with. We're still the Oakland A's. We're still going to go on.''

``Certainly there's a lot of the future involved in this,'' Beane said. ``I think with certain areas, we've improved. I'm not discounting 2005 either. We have to be very patient with three positions, that being the three starting pitchers.''
If he had to guess now, Beane would put Zito, Rich Harden, Dan Meyer, Blanton and Haren in the A's starting rotation. Meyer came to the A's on Thursday in the Hudson deal.

Barry Zito(1978)
Rich Harden(1981)
Dan Meyer(1981)
Joh Blanton(1980)
Danny Haren(1980)