next season if Billy Beane didn't take the team apart. They had the best record in baseball for much of the season. Finished badly when the team became injury-plagued and had very little offensive firepower. Lost in extra innings against the hottest team in baseball which went 7 games in the Series. Trading Josh Donaldson especially made very little sense. He had a team-friendly deal that wasn't costing them a ton. That team needed one more season, they were very good.