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"Holy Grails" May Or May Not Be Feasible, Affordable

There are two camps right now amongst A's fans. One camp looks at a sub-70 win team and does not view contention, as soon as 2016, to be a realistic goal. Another sees the chance for brighter days ahead not just in 2017-19, but even as soon as next year.

I tend to fall in the second camp, which is to say that I think the A's are pretty close to having a good team now, not just eventually. Don't look at wins and losses, because this year's AL West champs, unless they actually succeed in choking it away, is a Texas Rangers team that lost 95 games in 2014.