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[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mabster

That's good on you Dr Jones, I don't expect people to know that. If I remember right it's 2.5%.

4%, I think.

[Mabster]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones

4%, I think.

I've seen both numbers. Maybe his last most recent extension increased to 4%.

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrJones

You know Beane's a part-owner of the A's, right?

I honestly did not know that.

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

What? Beane has nothing to do with wanting to restart anything. Its about the current contracts and roster status of players. We all knew this was an all in year because of what's coming up with expiring contracts.

Yeah that's true but I mean, Beane's been there for YEARS and if they're going to reboot again might as well try a different approach but knowing that he's a part owner, forget what I said

[DrJones]

Quote: Originally Posted by SPTO

Yeah that's true but I mean, Beane's been there for YEARS and if they're going to reboot again might as well try a different approach but knowing that he's a part owner, forget what I said

What approach would you suggest?

Most MLB playoff appearances since Beane's 1st season as GM (1998):

Yankees (14)
Braves (11)
Cardinals (10)
Red Sox (9)
A's (8)

Where the A's postseason teams have ranked in payroll out of 30 teams during the Beane era:

25th (2000)
29th (2001)
28th (2002)
23rd (2003)
22nd (2006)
29th (2012)
27th (2013)
25th (2014)

[SPTO]

I'm just saying that sometimes a different pair of eyes and a slightly different philosophy might be a good way to freshen up the franchise. Yeah the salary restrictions hurt them a lot so maybe that might not be the best idea in the world. No one stays in one role forever, even John Schuerholtz stopped being the GM of the Braves after being in that role for years.

I'm not saying throw him to the curb. All i'm saying is that a possible idea would be to change the person on top.

[AC]

Making any change to Beane's current role would be pretty awful imo.

[og236]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

They'd probably run him out of town for not spending all the money at his disposal. He'd try to develop the farm and get criticized for it when the team doesn't win more, even if unrelated to their minor league development. Stick with being a big fish in a small pond, Friedman.

Friedman to the Dodgers via Ken Rosenthal on Twitter


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