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Yankees, A's in Sonny Gray stalemate without a guaranteed blink Executives who know both Brian Cashman and Oakland VP of baseball operations Billy Beane well describe them as executives who will not blink at the deadline if the Sonny Gray...
Theo Epstein boldly accepts his Cubs moment of truth Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein got Aroldis Chapman and a checkmark for honesty. In July 2014, Epstein traded two veteran starters, Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel, to Oakland...
How to strike it rich in baseball without ever playing First it was a strategy. Then a book. Then a movie. Now “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis’ tale of how the payroll-challenged Oakland A’s used data to take on the big-spending Yankees,...
Mets have asked A's about trading for Danny Valencia Before the Mets acquired Kelly Johnson from Atlanta last week, they reached out to the Athletics to inquire about Danny Valencia, The Post has learned. Now, with David Wright officially...
Ranking baseball's top 10 GMs -- yes, Cashman makes the list With the general managers’ meetings having wrapped up Thursday, and with the vast majority of the Hot Stove season still ahead of us, let’s do our annual rankings of the...
Billy Beane isn't cheap about one thing: Using water in a drought SAN FRANCISCO — A California utility lists Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane as among the top excessive water users in a district east of San Francisco. A September report from...
This looks like the worst Moneyball team of all time Since taking over from Sandy Alderson as A’s general manager in 1998, Billy Beane had prided himself that his team has never cratered despite payroll and stadium problems. In that...
'Moneyball' Billy Beane in awe of Mets Big 3's in-your-face velocity For a story in Friday’s Post, we attempted to place the Mets’ young starting pitching trio of Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard in historical context. I found it...
The best of baseball: Ranking the top 5 at prime positions In an age of great pitching, just try to pick the best five. If you take Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, Max Scherzer, Jon Lester and Chris Sale, you leave out...