Oakland Athletics' VP of baseball operations Billy Beane, (left) and general manager David Forst talk about the baseball season during a press conference at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon. Oct. 2, 2017, in Oakland, Ca.
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CARLSBAD, San Diego County - If the A’s drastically improve their rotation and make another playoff run in 2019, they’ll do it with dwindling assistance from Major League Baseball.