Elephant Rumblings: Athletics avoid arbitration with Miguel Andujar, Abraham Toro

The Oakland Athletics avoided arbitration with two of their newest players Friday when they agreed to one-year deals with Miguel Andujar and Abraham Toro. Andujar inked a one-year deal worth $1.7 million while Toro signed on for $1.275 million per a report by the New York Post’s Jon Heyman.

The A’s also non-tendered infielder Kevin Smith and claimed right-hander Michael Kelly off of waivers from the Guardians. They also signed former first round pick Daz Cameron to a minor league deal and invited him to big league spring training.

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• American League and National League non-tenders
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto talks with MLB teams set to start
• Brewers non-tender Brandon Woodruff
• Mariners acquire infielder Luis Urías from Red Sox
• Marlins acquire Vidal Brujan and Calvin Faucher from Rays
• Guardians acquire Scott Barlow from Padres for Enyel De Los Santos
• Rockies acquire Cal Quantrill from Guardians
• Royals add Nick Anderson, Kyle Wright in pair of trades with Braves
• Pete Alonso looking to surpass recent deals for top first basemen
• Eloy Jimenez receiving trade interest
• Giants interested in Matt Chapman
• Mets moving Eric Chávez back to hitting coach role