To this point in the offseason, the word on Jed Lowrie was that the Oakland A’s expected to keep their veteran second baseman. However, there is still a chance that he could be traded this winter, reports Susan Slusser of the S.F. Chronicle.
Lowrie had a career year in 2017 with a good bat and decent defense up the middle, and he’s a relative bargain at $6 million next season. However, he’ll be a free agent at the end of 2018 and the A’s have multiple strong 2B options coming up the minor league system — most notably Franklin Barreto, but also Yairo Munoz, Max Schrock, and others.