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A’s Coverage:
- Ross: A’s updated 2019 payroll breakdown after non-tender deadline...
- Editorial: Level the playing field on Oakland Coliseum deal...
- Budds: A plea to save the Oakland Coliseum...
- Houston Chronicle: Winter Meetings and the AL West — Oakland A’s...
- AN: Presenting the 2018 A’s MVP, Cy Young, and other team awards...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Patrick Corbin agrees to terms with Nationals...
- ESPN: Catcher Robinson Chirinos agrees with Astros on 1-year contract...
- Wilpon on newly acquired Robinson Cano: ‘I don’t think he’s a drug cheat’
- Brown: Magic Johnson denies meeting Bryce Harper in Vegas, as speculation swirls about where Harper will sign...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Calcaterra: What happens at the Winter Meetings. And what used to happen....
- MLB trade rumors: Cardinals have interest in Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt...
- Cut4: Jered Weaver showed up with a truck full of shoes for his high school’s basketball team...
- Callis: These are the top 50 prospects for the ‘19 Draft...
- Brennan: The Mariners acquired one of baseball’s most improved hitters...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1984 - The Oakland A’s send base-stealing OF Rickey Henderson and P Bert Bradley to the Yankees in exchange for pitchers Jay Howell and Jose Rijo, OF Stan Javier, and minor leaguers Tim Birtsas and Eric Plunk.
- 1996 - Following his most productive season with the Oakland A’s, Terry Steinbach elects to take less money and return home. Like Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor and Jack Morris before him, the Minnesota veteran signs with Twins.
Best of Twitter:
- Oh boy...
Interesting comment here from Kyler Murray on how he will go about choosing baseball or football:
— Julian McWilliams (@JulianMack105) December 5, 2018
“I think that’s something me and my family will talk about at the end of the season and weigh out the options of what the NFL thinks of me.” https://t.co/zEHOKevjwV
- On the right deals, it would make sense to bring two, if not all three back
Trevor Cahill tells me his agent has talked to the A’s, as expected. The team always has had interest in bringing back Cahill and Edwin Jackson and, perhaps on a minor league deal, Brett Anderson.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) December 5, 2018
- More on Cahill...
#Athletics are interested in re-signing 30-year-old RHP Trevor Cahill, per source. Cahill went 7-4 with a 3.76 ERA last season (1.84 ERA at home, 6.41 ERA on the road).
— Ben Ross (@BenRossSports) December 5, 2018
Cahill has also drawn interest from multiple other teams. He earned $1.5 million last season.
— Ben Ross (@BenRossSports) December 5, 2018
#Athletics Trevor Cahill Pitch Quality History
— MLB Quality of Pitch (@qopbaseball) December 5, 2018
Nice bounce back in pitch quality in 2018
4.88 QOPA (2018)
4.44 QOPA (2017)
4.82 QOPA (2016)
4.88 QOPA (2015)
Sinker quality increased from 4.78 QOPA (2017) to 5.52 QOPA (2018) pic.twitter.com/0lyQ911SzZ
