Right now the A’s are in purgatory, unable to make any decisions on non-tenders, signings, or trades until the post-season is over. OK it’s not purgatory so much as hell when you’re watching, yet again, teams that aren’t you advance in the playoffs. But it’s “transaction purgatory,” a time when front offices cannot act — but they are still allowed to think and plan...
Amongst the toughest decisions the A’s will have to make are whether to retain or non-tender Jurickson Profar, whether or not to try to bring Blake Treinen back (after likely a procedural non-tender to avoid a bloated arbitration contract: see Fiers, Mike), and whether to pursue re-signing any of their 3 “free agent to be starting pitchers”: Brett Anderson, Homer Bailey, and Tanner Roark.