Elephant Rumblings: Will the A’s Trade Jed Lowrie?

A’s Coverage:

• Bonta Hill: It’s time for the Oakland A’s to embrace change...
• McTaggart Asks: Will the A’s trade Jed Lowrie?
• Oakland A’s injury updates: Matt Joyce, Ryan Buchter nearing return...
• Burrell: 5 quirky minor league ballparks, from Stockton to Frisco (Texas, that is)...

MLB News:

• Passan: Citing ‘corruption’ and ‘fraud,’ MLB bans transactions with Mexican League...
• ESPN: Giants’ Hunter Strickland says he’ll consider counseling after latest outburst
• Yankees’ Gleyber Torres is going to pass on the Home Run Derby: ‘I’m not a home-run hitter’...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Axisa: In the age of strikeouts, Indians slugger Jose Ramirez is MLB’s most dangerous contact hitter...
• Normandin: The World Cup makes me miss the World Baseball Classic...
• After receiving a ball from Jesse Winker, this young Reds fan paid it forward by gifting a foul ball to another fan...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1984 - Rick Monday, baseball’s first-ever first pick in the June free-agent draft (by the Kansas City A’s in 1965) is released by the Dodgers, ending a 19-year major league career.
• 1992 - Mariners OF Dave Cochrane ties a club record for most assists by an outfielder in a game with 2, and sets a club mark for most errors in a game with 3. The Athletics defeat the Mariners, 7 - 2.

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