The Oakland A’s will follow the lead of other baseball teams hit hard financially by the coronavirus pandemic by instituting widespread furloughs across their organization next week, the team confirmed Tuesday.
The A’s will furlough members of their baseball operations as well as their business operations through Oct. 31. In all, half of the A’s entire front office will be furloughed, sources told this news organization.
Oakland’s amateur scouts will be furloughed following the MLB draft on June 10-11, according to ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. The team’s pro scouts will be among those furloughed next week.