Elephant Rumblings: A’s Have Roster Spots Up For Grabs, Is Howard Terminal the Last-Best Hope?

A’s Coverage:

• A’s still have 25-man roster spots up for grabs...
• Oakland Athletics 2018 top-50 prospects: Renato Nunez, IF/OF...
• Letter: Howard Terminal is A’s best hope to stay in Oakland...

MLB News:

• IMG Academy, MLBPA join forces to host free-agent camp in Florida...
• Puerto Rico beats Dominican Republic for 2nd straight Caribbean Series title...
• Pirates ‘deeply concerned’ after kidnapping of Elias Diaz’s mother...
• Rays to reportedly announce where they want to build a new ballpark in Tampa...
• MLB Hot Stove rumors: Red Sox have a plan if they miss out on J.D. Martinez...
• Blue Jays, John Axford Agree To Minor League Deal...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rick Ankiel remembers the day he owned Barry Bonds on ‘Old Baseball Cards’...
• Jeff Sullivan Has a Theory on Why The Cubs Might Be a Problem for Jake Arrieta...
• The Top MLB Prospects of Asia...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1988 - The A’s sign a one-year deal with free agent DH Don Baylor.
• 2006 - Deliberating for a little more than four hours, a jury rules the Angels did not breach a contract with the city of Anaheim when the ball club changed its name. Thirteen months ago, the team known as the Anaheim Angels became the “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”, prompting the city where it plays to file a law suit claiming the change in name amounted to at least $100 million in lost revenue.

Best of Twitter:

• A current list of non-roster invitees...