The Toronto Sun's website has a CP article by Shi Davidi on sabermetric approaches to building teams (it's on Canoe, so get it soon before it disappears) inspired by the recent Oakland-Toronto series.
The article contains a vintage J.P. Ricciardi quote, this one about a young Mike Bordick (who Ricciardi signed for the A's back in 774 B.C.)
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20030827014832999