When your payroll is lower than your revenue sharing check, yet 29 owners are willing to look the other way, and when you attract free agents like my aunt Bertha attracts men (hint: she doesn’t), weeks like the one upcoming are crucial.
Tuesday, the A’s will learn where fate, in the form of allegedly impartial lottery balls, have chosen Oakland to draft in 2024. The draft is one of the few places stars can be gotten cheap and even forced to choose your team, and so the #1 overall pick — once assured the team with MLB’s worst record — could help jump start the rebuild.