Elephant Rumblings: Former A’s pitchers Hill, Bailey sign with Twins

A’s Coverage:

• Coffey: In remembrance of Jimmy Graff — who, for 35 years, served A’s and Giants fans hot dogs, friendship and much more... ($$$)
• Johnson: Why Matt Chapman, Matt Olson are A’s best prospects from the 2010s...

Best of AN:

• Hall: Athletics Nation presents 2019 Player Awards...

MLB News:

• Kramer: Twins sign pitchers Bailey, Hill to one-year deals...
• Hayes: Twins’ adjusted plan - Sign Rich Hill and Homer Bailey, aim for Josh Donaldson... ($$$)
• Grant: Rangers talking with Todd Frazier as potential hedge while they wait on Nolan Arenado...
• Bradford: Red Sox aren’t actively shopping star outfielder Mookie Betts...
• Morosi: Veteran starter Edwin Jackson plans to pitch again in 2020...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Corcoran: How to fix — or at least improve — the pitcher win stat... ($$$)
• Paschal: Midnight, and the Countdown Ends and Begins...
• Stark: Strange But True Feats of the Year, 2019 Edition... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 87, Charlie Gehringer... ($$$)
• Castrovince: 20 bold predictions for 2020...
• Simon: These are the most memorable recent 3-team deals...

Today in Baseball History:

• 2009 — Major League Baseball launches MLB Network, a cable and satellite television channel based out of Secaucus, NJ. The channel debuts in nearly 50 million cable and satellite homes - the largest debut in cable television history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million homes.

Best of Twitter:

• Not baseball, but this was great and I need to share it with you all...

• Nailed it...

• There are plenty of worthy candidates, but this is my favorite A’s moment of the decade. What’s yours?