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john
Kouz will be staying since Beane loves defense at third unless they sign Beltre. Buck will be traded most likely to the yanks for some mid level prospect. Connor jackson will be retained withthe lack of right handed outfielders. Hermedia may resign but will not be offered arbitration. Bonser, Gross, and Cust are all non-tendered and Devine will need to resign early or he is gone.
The_Porcupine
Offer arbitration to Devine, Breslow, and Braden. Depending how replacable they are in free agency, consider keeping Kouz. and Rajai. Everyone else can be let go.
melonis_rex
What’s with everyone rooting for a non-tender of Cust. If Cust is not back with the A’s next year, it will be a colossally stupid move. The A’s need guys who can hit the ball. Cust is still the A’s best hitter. Non-tender Jackson, Gross, Hermida unless he mashes to end the season, Rajai (I don’t like his skillset), and keep all the others.
DickAlmighty
Why would it be a colossally stupid move if Cust is not back with the A’s next year? Wouldn’t it be an even colossally stupider move to sit tight with a guy who’s a mediocre DH, at best?
Why not non-tender Cust (rather than committing to him), see what else is out there, and then, when Cust is still sitting out there in February (because every other MLB team knows he’s nothing more than a mistake-hitting-no-defense bum), we can sign him if we want to for less than he’d get in arbitration.
baycommuter
They’ll tender Breslow, Braden, Kouz (great defense) and Davis (when Crisp goes down, they still have a plaudible CF and leadoff hitter). There’s some bad blood with Cust after what happened last spring, so don’t see them keeping him though they probably should.
Sweeney they’ll probably tender but I wouldn’t, his knees are too much of a question mark for a player whose main value is that he’s great in RF. Jackson, Bonser, Gross probably not. Buck is a definite no, too much water under the bridge, some of it related to partying. Hermida is getting a good long look, wouldn’t be surprised if they non-tender and sign later.