CREATING A NEW Big Three for the A's is as simple as adding A. J. Burnett to Barry Zito and Rich Harden.
If only Billy Beane and Lew Wolff can make it happen.
It's unlikely, yes, but it wouldn't be the first time Beane, Oakland's shark of a general manager, quietly moved in and devoured the intellect of another GM while breaking the hearts of executives in both leagues.
Burnett, the most coveted starter on the market, has been traded 643 times over the past month. Yet he continues to pitch for Florida, which has tried to attach third baseman Mike Lowell to any deal.