Oakland Athletics Free Agent Signings: 2013-2024

Last Tuesday after this year’s Oscar nominees were announced, I couldn’t help but imagine Joe Morgan walking in circles and muttering to himself over and over, “Why on earth was Billy Beane nominated for Best Actor?” It’s a shame that fifty years from now the Oakland Athletics of the late 1990’s/early 2000’s will be known for producing more Oscar Nominees than World Series appearances. Of course, at least those Athletics teams will go down in the history books as fielding competitive teams for the better part of a decade.  The Oakland teams of late are now better known as being lame ducks while MLB and the San Francisco Giants continue their behind-the-scenes feud over territorial rights in the South Bay.  The non-news off the field still generates more headlines for the team than the product they produce on the field. While the Athletics haven’t fielded any embarrassing teams in recent years, they have never appeared truly close to being competitive.  Moneyball did teach us there a...