I'm a huge Harden fan as several high ranking baseball officials have said that Harden's "stuff" is in the "top 2" in baseball as far as pitchers are concerned. He rarely stays healthy even over a period of a month and a half (this year being the exception). However, it would take 4 prospects to get him including 2 of our top prospects. A word to the wise...the A's haven't been this good for this long by accident. Billy Beane is the best GM in the game as far as recognizing talent. I wouldn't go near him if I was a GM because every guy he trades for seems to turn into a stud or close to it (see Dan Haren, Joe Blanton, Johnny Damon etc.) So whatever players he targets in a return for Harden other teams better take a long hard look at to wonder why Beane is interested in those guys. With that being said...if the Brewers were able to land Harden (and he stayed healthy for the rest of the year) I would say the Brewers would be the odd's on favorite to win the World Series. Of course if they went out and got another starter like Harden they absolutely not stop there...they would immediately go out and get another reliever to solidify the bullpen, in effect, putting all their eggs in one basket to win it all this year and next.