Elephant Rumblings: Payroll increase, Wood, Hendricks, Jimenez

Good morning Athletics Nation! Happy Tuesday to you all.

The Athletics reportedly want to pump payroll in a big way this offseason. Up all the way into the nine-digit range. If that’s really the case (and that’s a big if) then the club has a ways to go to hit that threshold. Our very own Nico delves into the possibilities the club could pursue as they look to boost payroll to help supplement the young core growing up together. There’s a few names specifically mentioned in the piece but if you can think of other ways to pump the payroll up, head over and drop a comment!

The Season In Review series continued yesterday with an examination of left-handed starter Alex Wood. In short, it was a…