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A's Unlikely To Trade Gio Gonzalez At Meetings

The latest on Athletics lefty Gio Gonzalez, a 26-year-old who is under team control through 2015...

• Talks between the Phillies and A's on Gonzalez were brief, tweets Joe Stiglich of the Bay Area News Group. Stiglich says the A's didn't like Domonic Brown enough as a centerpiece.
• The Blue Jays are one of 12 teams in on Gonzalez, reports Susan Slusser (Twitter links).
• Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News hears from multiple sources that the Rangers inquired on Gonzalez, but moved on after the A's asked for Martin Perez, Mike Olt, and Leury Garcia.
• The D'Backs were kicking the tires on Gonzalez but don't expect it to go any further, a source tells Nick Piecoro.  Jon Paul Morosi would be shocked if Gonzalez is not traded by Opening Day.
• The A's will not trade Gonzalez at the Winter Meetings, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post, as they're using their Dan Haren haul as parameters and no one has come close yet.  Four years ago, A's GM Billy Beane acquired Brett Anderson, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Carter, Aaron Cunningham, Dana Eveland, and Greg Smith from the Diamondbacks for Haren and Connor Robertson.
• The Phillies are definitely out on Gonzalez now, tweets Danny Knobler.  They would have dealt Kyle Kendrick or Joe Blanton had they acquired him.
• The A's seek players with zero or little big league experience for Gonzalez, tweets Danny Knobler.
• The Diamondbacks are pushing hard to acquire Gonzalez, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today.  Danny Knobler tweets that the Tigers inquired but did not like a price tag that included Jacob Turner, while the Phillies don't look like a match.  Ken Rosenthal says the Nationals, Tigers, Reds, D'Backs, Phillies, and Marlins are pursuing Gonzalez.
• There is some buzz about A's reliever Craig Breslow being of interest to the Phillies as well, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• The Phillies and Athletics discussed a package deal involving Gonzalez and outfielder Domonic Brown, tweets Jim Bowden of MLB Network and ESPN.com.

Tim Dierkes and Luke Adams contributed to this post.

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