Post by kab21 on Jan 26, 2015 22:55:21 GMT -8
The first blog has been published. There are still a lot of details to work on but check out the slamming of the A's and Billy Beane. If you have an opinion that you want shared I can edit it and add you in at the bottom. I will use the same theme for 5-10 of the most active teams and let me know if there is any particular team you want next. Padres and Braves are at the top of my list for different reasons. The Nats have also had an interesting offseason while I'm sure we need to talk about the Yankees and Red Sox (ugh...).
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The formatting doesn't copy and paste easily so here is my intro and conclusion
fantasybaseballrebooted.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/what-were-the-athletics-thinking/
The formatting doesn't copy and paste easily so here is my intro and conclusion
The early sentiment among fans and writers was that Billy Beane was using his magic dust and rebuilding into an instant contender. There are claims of ‘the team was too left handed’ or ‘the team is younger’ or ‘these guys were going to decline soon’ but I think Billy was just making moves to make moves. Let’s take a look at some of the roster changes.
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Of course the most reasonable explanation to this confusion is that Billy Beane just couldn’t say no to his two favorite players (Zobrist and Butler) and instead of finding a market inefficiency he paid above market price to add them like an overzealous bidder. Of course this criticism means that the Athletics will be awesome this year and I will look rather foolish in hindsight but I’m not afraid to share an unpopular opinion.
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Of course the most reasonable explanation to this confusion is that Billy Beane just couldn’t say no to his two favorite players (Zobrist and Butler) and instead of finding a market inefficiency he paid above market price to add them like an overzealous bidder. Of course this criticism means that the Athletics will be awesome this year and I will look rather foolish in hindsight but I’m not afraid to share an unpopular opinion.
