The emerging talents of the Oakland A’s will be on full display this season —you’ll just have to catch glimpses on ballfields in Nashville, Stockton and Midland, Texas, rather than at the Coliseum.
Some plane trips to Beloit, Wis., Burlington, Vt, and Mesa, Ariz., might also be in order.
No, these A’s you’ll watch in Oakland most of the season won’t remotely resemble the A’s you’re likely see two years from now, when the club’s rebuilding-from-within strategy takes sharper focus.
But with Major League Baseball phasing out Oakland’s revenue sharing safety net over the next four years, there is even more pressure on the A’s to start phasing in their young talent.