Elephant Rumblings: Winter Meetings begin Sunday; A’s targeting infielder, relievers

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegoes: A’s seeking lefty hitter, relievers at Meetings...
• Slusser: A’s top need going into winter meetings: a left-handed bat... ($)
• Coffey: Second base and bullpen help among the A’s targets heading into the Winter Meetings... ($$$)
• Lockard: Veteran Ryan Goins and former Giants prospect Ian Gardeck highlight the A’s minor-league free-agent signings... ($$$)
• Roll: 2019 Minor League Executive Of The Year - Aviators’ Don Logan...

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• grover: Scouting report - Austin Allen, new Oakland A’s catcher...

MLB News:

• Rosenthal and Lin: Rays nearing acquisition of OF Hunter Renfroe, SS prospect Xavier Edwards from Padres for OF Tommy Pham, IF/RHP Jake Cronenworth...
• Passan: Yankees make signing righty Gerrit Cole top offseason priority...
• McCalvy: Brewers acquire C Omar Narvaez from Mariners for RHP Adam Hill, competitive balance pick...
• Park: Righty Michael Pineda returning to Twins on 2-year, $20M deal...
• DiComo: Mets trade for CF help, get Jake Marisnick from Astros for two pitching prospects...
• Fletcher: Free agent RHP Stephen Strasburg, Angels had face-to-face meeting...
• Heyman: Tigers showing interest in non-tendered SS Addison Russell...
• Castillo: Dodgers looking at non-tendered A’s reliever Blake Treinen...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Miller: How is WAR calculated, really? Breaking down a single play to find out...
• Rosenthal: The Dodgers are in position to make a big move this winter. Will they take advantage? ($$$)
• Sarris: What’s the plan in Milwaukee? ($$$)
• Gawlowski: Checking In on the Free Agent Market...
• Carig: Zack Wheeler’s deal is just the latest example of teams taking more risks on short-term track records... ($$$)
• Mayo, Callis and Rosenbaum: Here is every club’s best value Draft pick ever...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1988 — The A’s sign free agent pitcher Mike Moore from the Mariners. Seattle receives the A’s first round pick in the 1989 amateur draft as compensation‚ and will use it to select P Scott Burrell.
• 2010 — Hisashi Iwakuma announces he is closing negotiations with the Oakland Athletics and will remain with the Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2011. Selected under the posting system, Iwakuma was offered a four-year, $15 million deal, which he felt was below his value.

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