The A’s aren’t flooded with premium talent on the field, though they hope Lawrence Butler, Tyler Soderstrom, Jacob Wilson and others will take the next step and upgrade from “unleaded”.
The farm system has talent, but not in great abundance or immediacy — Max Muncy, Jack Perkins, Mason Barnett headline the “next wave” of hopefuls with Denzel Clarke and Nick Kurtz tantalizingly right behind.
And being a low payroll team owner by the miser of all misers, no one ever looks at “money” as a path to glory for the green and gold. Until maybe now, when the A’s have money to spend — some would say money they have to spend — and the chance to use it to acquire players that can make them far more competitive in 2025.