Beating Vegas: The Oakland A's

Definitely under here. Beane can do a lot with a little, but there's very little here. That said, I like what they're doing with rebuilding their farm system, though the Khris Davis trade made very little sense for that purpose.

Under.  Team is rebuilding.

Smart organizations tend to defy expectations.  They didn't last year obviously, but they can next year.

They were 14th last year in runs and they usually have 1-2 players emerge from the last seasons trade.  This year it could be Sean Manaea.  He had video game numbers in AA last year and is turning heads this spring.

UNDER.  They will win more games this year but fall just short.  Few years away yet.

It looks to me like they're actually rebuilding this year, so:

Under.

On a side note, if they are interested in moving Sonny Gray and he would sign a 4-5 year Gio Gonzalez type deal, we should seriously consider it. 

We have a ton of pieces in AA/AAA.  Depending on how things shake out between here and July, we could have excess bodies at positions.

Under. Billy Beane may be a genius, but this team just doesn't look that good.

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