Are the A's really going full (dis)Astro in 2016?

Wasting a season is a terrible crime. - Lance Iversen-USA TODAY SportsEarlier this week, Nico wrote a heartwarming column on watching a core group of prospects grow up together in the A's system, rise up to the big leagues together, and like a band of brothers conquer MLB. I liked that story.

His recent quotes as told to reporters on a conference call:

"The Houston Astros have done a really good job of spending the last three or four years really creating a dynamic farm system, and they're now starting to reap the rewards of that."

"If we're ever going to compete, we're probably going to have to take a somewhat similar approach and at least make sure we've got young players that are coming…