hopefully no one is taken, though!

a little more common with good teams, but happens with bad teams as well. last year 14 teams had someone taken in rule 5, including the A's.

I don't think Maldonado is of much concern. No one is going to plug him into the Majors from Low-A and not a good enough prospect to try to stash. Bednar, Roxby, and Marques Johnson I would guess are most likely

I don't think it's particularly likely that any of their players would be drafted in the (MLB portion of the) Rule 5 Draft.

I quite like this team

to be fair, the low-end estimate (1/$22M) was someone predicting he takes the qualifying offer

mostly I just wanted to use this picture though

battery*, jesus ... we're not making pancakes

oh don't get me wrong I would be thrilled for them to spend Charles Johnson's money. I'm just skeptical that they will.

I would love it, I'm just skeptical that they'll have any money left to spend on a position player after handling the pitching