2011 Oakland A’s: Billy Beane’s Master Rebuild Takes the Field Ready to Contend

The 2010 campaign marked the first non-losing season out of the last four years for the Oakland A's.

The A’s can argue that their teams have underachieved the past few seasons due to injuries, but the reality is the past few teams were constructed largely of patch-work, while the front office and player development departments continued to work towards their ultimate goal of seeing through the rebuild they started several years ago.

Beginning with the trades that broke up the Big Three of Mark Mulder, Tim Hudson and Barry Zito, Billy Beane has continually rebuilt the A’s roster in an attempt to return to the success of the early 2000s.

The current roster (including prospects t...

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