The A’s Created a Problem Money Can’t Fix.... [ieox5UhFDBG]
The Athletics are finally doing what fans have begged them to do for decades: investing in their best players. They’ve committed nearly $300 million to Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, Tyler Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson, while building one of baseball’s most exciting young cores around Nick Kurtz and Shea Langeliers. But there’s one major problem. After years of building playoff teams and immediately tearing them apart, the A’s are asking their new stars to believe this time will be different. Nick Kurtz has yet to accept a reported long-term offer worth around $130 million, while Shea Langeliers remains unsigned beyond his arbitration years. In this video, we break down Kurtz’s rise, Langeliers’ future, the A’s 2014–15 teardown, the destruction of the 2018–2020 playoff core, the move from Oakland to Sacramento and why money alone may not be enough to repair this organization’s reputation. Are the Athletics genuinely changing—or are we watching the beginning of the same cycle all over again? Subscribe for more MLB, Red Sox and Boston sports content from JStock Media.