Elephant Rumblings: Honors continue for Chapman, A’s

A’s Coverage:

• Adler: Chapman among Defensive Player of the Year Award winners...
• Matier: Oakland business leaders band together. Goal: Make sure the A’s stay in town... ($)
• Gallegos: Canha seeks everyday role after 2019 breakout...

Best of AN:

• Hall: Matt Chapman named Wilson Defensive 3B of the Year...
• Hall: Vote Matt Chapman for Platinum Glove!
• grover, invisibleinkwell and Iversen: The 2019 SB Nation Offseason GM Simulation...

MLB News:

• Ghiroli: Rays, Marlins showing early interest in postseason hero Howie Kendrick...
• Heyman: Veteran infielder Martin Prado likely to retire...
• Adams: Former A’s righty Josh Lindblom Eyeing MLB Return...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Passan: Union chief’s rebuke of GM heats up baseball’s cold war over free agency...
• Ben-Porat: Can Statcast Project a Female Position Player?
• Sarris: A look at some potential major-league pitching coaches on the rise... ($$$)
• Edwards: The Yankees Don’t Spend Like They Used to...

Today in Baseball History:

• 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.
• 2017 — Former two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay dies when the private plane he pilots crashes into the Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles west of St. Petersburg, FL.

Best of Twitter:

• This is pretty nuts...

• The offseason is already off to a contentious start...

• *Oakland A’s legend...