SAN DIEGO — Billy Beane was always going to find a way to put Kyler Murray on his team.
Even when Murray opted to play for the Arizona Cardinals instead of Beane’s A’s, Oakland’s vice president of baseball operations wouldn’t be denied.
Beane might not have Murray in his farm system, but he does start him on his fantasy football team.
“He’s just an amazing athlete,” Beane said at the Winter Meetings on Monday. “Too good of an athlete, unfortunately.”
Beane and the A’s selected Murray with the ninth overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft after the two-sport athlete had thrown 21 passes as a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.