It has been a relatively swift tear down for the Oakland Athletics. They were merely six spots out of the playoff race in 2021, but the ticking of the clock turned into alarm bells throughout the organization, and the dismantling of a successful core to avoid expensive years of arbitration and loss to free agency was undertaken. Much negativity has surrounded the trades that blew up the franchise in the early spring of 2022 and in the two years since, and it seems negative sentiment has only grown since then. The issue for Oakland is that they seemingly failed to restock their farm system with those trades while also running out a barely major league team that could be fit for the basement for years to come.
How the Oakland A’s have built their talent through their recent trades
