So which of the starters traded from last year's A's rotation has the lowest ERA so far? You may have heard Mulder's ERA ballooned to 3.44 after he struggled against the Mets. Hudson's ERA will be 3.40 before his start on Sunday... and after his complete game shutout of the Brewers, Mark Redman's sitting at 2.44. While Redman won't keep that up, the A's could use him as four of their starters now have ERAs over 5.00 and the other starter caught that oblique muscle thing that's been going around. Meanwhile Jason Kendall has a 584 OPS, doing his share to keep the A's dead last in the majors in scoring.

Watch what you're doing when you deal with David Littlefield. He's sneaky smart.