Athletics free agent rumors: Athletics in "serious talks" with Billy Butler, says Ken Rosenthal

Ken Rosenthal has upgraded the Billy Butler to the Athletics rumors status from "some 13-year-old kid has a source" to "Ken Rosenthal has sources":

Sources: #Athletics in serious talks with free agent Billy Butler. First reported: @CoverThoseBases.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 19, 2014

The first report was this by Devan F.

Source: #Athletics showing strong interest on a deal with DH Billy Butler. Source considered them "close" to a deal.

— Devan F. (@CoverThoseBases) November 17, 2014

You can read our previous article on Billy Butler from yesterday.