Teams can acquire players in one of three ways; by drafting them out of high school or college, by trading for them or by signing them, after they reach free agency.

Oakland's General Manager Billy Beane has to make up his team—on a budget. The draft is open to him, as to any other general manager, and he gets a few extra draft picks as compensation when richer teams...

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