There are lots of different ways for struggling teams to go about their rebuild, but once the season starts, every rebuilding team follows a similar three-step process. For the A’s, each step usually takes approximately two months to complete. The first step is evaluating the talent on the roster and deciding which players are worth committing to long term and which players must be used to re-stock the farm. In Oakland, the team was in this stage until early June. The second step is a significant re-vamping of the team’s roster in the form of trades of the short-term athletes and calling up prospects before the deadline.
Athletics vs Braves: Home for the Braves
