A’s ready to pursue multiple players through trades and free agents as Winter Meetings near.
Oakland Athletics’ Sean Murphy, center, smiles after his grand slam during the fifth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Washington. For the second straight offseason, A’s general manager David Forst is having serious discussions with multiple teams about trading his best young player – catcher Sean Murphy this time.
But a top draft pick next summer won’t provide immediate help for an A’s team fresh off its second 100-loss season in its 54 years in Oakland. Forst is anxious to make improvements while facing his first big test as the A’s new head of baseball operations after Billy Beane stepped aside. The Guardians are reportedly the most aggressive of Murphy’s many suitors, who include the Cardinals, Twins, Rays, Padres, Red Sox, Braves, Cubs and White Sox, according to various reports. The A’s already have his replacement in 25-year-old Shea Langeliers, acquired from Atlanta in the Olson deal. Langeliers showed glimpses of stardom, hitting six homers in 40 games and impressing with his defensive acumen behind the plate.
Only their four arbitration-eligible players – second baseman/outfielder Tony Kemp , outfielder Ramon Laureano , Murphy and pitcher Paul Blackburn — will earn much more than the major league minimum of $720,000. The rest of their 33 players will have their contracts renewed at somewhere around the minimum before Opening Day, adding up to a projected payroll of $30.4 million, easily the game’s lowest.
Another $30 million gift is on its way to the A’s — and every other team — from MLB selling the last shares of its streaming video company to Disney earlier this week in a $900 million deal. That sale prompted the players union to warn it would be watching to see whether teams would re-invest that money into their payrolls.
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