OAKLAND, CA - APRIL 21: Managing Partner John Fisher and President David Kaval of the Oakland Athletics talk in the stands during the game against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum on April 21, 2017 in Oakland, California. The Athletics defeated the Mariners 3-1. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
To hear the Oakland A’s tell it, they are on the verge of insolvency. The team does not have any money to spend in free agency, or really anything at all. Their team dinners may as well be whatever they can find in the dumpster behind McDonald’s.