Elephant Rumblings: Betts-Maeda deal reworked after Boston rejects Graterol

A’s Coverage:

• Brazil: Matt Olson Q&A: A’s slugger discusses favorite actor, on-deck routine
• Felber: Why the A’s can win the AL West
• Matier: In new poll, Oakland voters choose Coliseum for A’s ballpark. But look at the question ($)
• Pizarro: Here’s a chance to ask Bud Selig about the A’s and San Jose ($)

Best of AN:

• DavidS: All-Time Oakland Athletics All-Stars By Single Season WAR - The Infield
• Hall: Oakland A’s prospect watch: Looking back at the 2019 Community Prospect List

MLB News:

• Edwards: The Big Mookie Betts Deal Is Finally Happening, but the Dodgers-Angels Trade Isn’t
• Park: Twins to acquire Maeda from Dodgers (sources)
• Swinton: Report: Dodgers Plan to Put Joc Pederson on Trade Block After Angels Deal Falls Through
• Acee: Padres continue to strengthen bullpen by acquiring Emilio Pagan from Rays in exchange for Manuel Margot (S)
• Guardado: Giants, fan-favorite Pence reunited on 1-yr deal

Baseball Interest Stories:

• McCauley: SF’s Nakken embraces role as first MLB female coach
• Speier: How baseball teams exchange medical information, and what it means for the Mookie Betts trade ($)
• Felber: Tampa Bay Rays: Leaving Florida? Think Caribbean, not Canada
• Fagan: 20 things wrong with baseball in 2020
• Laurila: Sunday Notes: MLB Executives Weigh in on the Implications of MiLB Contraction

Today in Baseball History:

• 1916 - Catcher Chief Meyers is waived by the New York Giants and is claimed both by Brooklyn and Boston. To decide his fate, Brooklyn owner Charlie Ebbets and Boston’s Percy Haughton hold a coin toss, won by Ebbets, which decides Meyers will go to Brooklyn.
• 1925 - At an American League meeting, a plan is adopted to alternate the site of future World Series openers by league rather than deciding it by a coin toss, with Games One, Two, Six, and Seven in one park and Three, Four, Five in the other, unless a ban on Sunday baseball interferes in one city.
• 2018 - The Cubs land one of the biggest remaining free agents of the off-season by signing P Yu Darvish for six years and $126 million.

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