The 2015 trade deadline was Oakland’s first deadline as true sellers since 2011, when the club sent reliever Brad Ziegler to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for eventual A’s legends Brandon Allen and Jordan Norberto. This trade season could become one of the most pivotal in recent franchise history - the organization is full of talented youth, but has a few notable holes remaining. If they want to return to contention soon, the A’s will need to nail this deadline.
In turn, the Athletics - and their fans - should look back at recent deadline deals to see what worked well and what went wrong, not only for the A’s, but for the entire league.