Elephant Rumblings: Roster Moves, Bold Predictions, and the Day the A’s Traded Scott Brosius

A’s Coverage:

• Athletics Nation 2017-18 offseason plan project: Crowdsourcing the next A’s roster...
• A's to seek free agents to complement young core...
• Roster Moves: Oakland sends 3 to Triple-A; 4 return from DL...

MLB News:

• MLB free agency begins as big names receive qualifying offers...
• Cards release Trevor Rosenthal...
• Brian Cashman: Joe Girardi's communication with players main reason for firing...
• Shohei Otani Hires CAA...
• Judge on cover of 'MLB The Show 18'...
• Bob Bowman, Major League Baseball’s Digital Mastermind, Steps Down...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Sam Miller: The good, the bad, and the Giants: Ranking all 30 teams based on their 2017 goals...
• MLB has a problem with mound visits and pace of play and Matt Synder has a solution...
• Mike Axisa’s 10 bold offseason predictions...
• Valedictory Dingers: Home Runs In Farewell At-Bats...
• Steve Garvey, Tommy John on Modern Era ballot for Baseball Hall of Fame...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1964 - The National League approves the move of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta but orders them to stay in Milwaukee for the 1965 season, in spite of poor attendance over the last two years. The Braves will eventually move to Atlanta in 1966.
• 1997 - The New York Yankees trade pitcher Kenny Rogers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later and cash considerations. Oakland will send third baseman Scott Brosius to the Yankees on November 18th to complete the trade.