Sunday, November 13, marked the beginning of the 2022 SB Nation Off-season Simulation. The event, hosted by Max Rieper at Royals Review, allows representatives from all 30 teams to cram roughly three months of off-season into three days of emails and DMs as they try to set a path forward for their respective fandoms. I was joined by Josh Iverson, Orodawg, and JJ209 to helm Oakland’s continuing efforts to rebuild a roster stripped of talent while hampered by a budget starved of dollars.
We started with the very simple goal of wanting to add talent. We had (or gave ourselves, depending on one’s perspective) a $60 million payroll to support a roster that had $38 million committed towards 2023.