Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of many managers, officers and even owners within several major league baseball dealerships right now, you can count on good ol ‘Billy Beane to continue his juggling work with the Athletics. Oakland.
Beane’s name, like that of many others, circulated in order to take the reins of the New York Mets this fall, but soon he kicked himself out of the race in order to focus on his job as a coach. restructuring of A’s. This work was made necessary by the poor end of the season for the team and the departure of manager Bob Melvin to San Diego.
Well in the saddle since 1997, Beane is used to doing a lot with a little and that is exactly what he is about to do again.
The loss of Melvin, considered by many to be one of the best in his profession, means a lot to the present of this team. Beane will have to reshuffle his cards and give himself a whole new game to rebuild a competitive team with very little spending.
The names of Matt Olson and Matt Chapman will not escape this cyclical movement and they will have to pack their bags once the lockout is over. They both reached the limit of Beane management in terms of return versus dollars granted.
We know that the job of the leader of the A’s is to find unsuspected talent and grow these players, often unknown, in a favorable environment so that the team is competitive without it being very expensive for the shareholders of the team. (of which it is part).
In the long run, this phenomenon becomes frustrating for the fans, but they remain loyal to their team.
Another source of frustration for Athletics fans is the lingering rumor that the team will move to Las Vegas if plans to build a new stadium in Oakland do not materialize.
Old trucker, Billy Beane will not be distracted by this elephant in the room and will quickly achieve his ends. Indeed, with great waves of the magic wand, he will allow this concession not to flirt for too long with the cellar of the classification in the West of the American and the A’s will quickly become the A’s again, that is to- say a bunch of hard workers who take pleasure in playing cinderella.
In the company of the general manager, David Forst, Beane is already at work to concoct what characterizes him best: a tasteless recipe, with players lacking brilliance, but which always ends up having a taste of victories.
