Oakland A’s: 2013 Team Again Proves That Billy Beane Is the Best GM in Baseball

Take a good look at the teams that are either in the Major League Baseball playoffs or on the verge of the playoffs in 2013. They all fit into two categories: Either they spend a lot for their talent, or they've built a roster of young draft picks (fifth round or higher) who have come to fruition on the field. Baseball has become a sport of one or the other.

Here are the teams with big-money rosters that have reached the postseason or are in contention at the wire (numbers courtesy of USA Today):

• Los Angeles Dodgers: $216.6 mill...
  
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