Billy Beane has made it known over the last few weeks that the Oakland Athletics intend to move forward with their plans to rebuild. Dave Kaval has also made it clear that the A’s intend to announce plans for a new ballpark by the end of 2017.
The two executives have plenty of intentions, but will either of them actually keep their word? For the sake of this article, let’s focus on Beane’s intentions to rebuild the A’s.
Despite his recent emphasis on making the A’s younger, quicker and more talented, the Beane may end up keeping some of his older, slower and perhaps slightly less talented veteran players around for next year.