The biggest of the A’s names not to get traded and not named Sonny Gray didn’t think there was much of chance he would be dealt.
Josh Reddick celebrated remaining with the A’s Tuesday with a double, single and homer in his first three at-bats against Brett Anderson. A former teammate, Anderson is a left-hander against whom Reddick might not have started if Ben Zobrist hadn’t been traded earlier in the day.
“It was special for me,’’ Reddick said of getting a chance to face Anderson. “I haven’t really had that opportunity. And it seems like it’s going to be that way with the trades that have happened.