No, not the famed author Robert Forst (“Stopping Alex Wood On A Snowy Evening,” “The Rhodes Not Taken”), today we’re parsing quotes from A’s General Manager David Forst in our quest to figure out the A’s off-season strategy.
Some of what we’ve heard since the season ended came in this November 9th story. Here are some key inferences I make from Forst’s comments...
Jed Lowrie
While some interpreted Forst’s comments as suggesting the A’s were planning to move on from Lowrie, I don’t read it this way. What I hear is that the A’s recognize that if they lose Lowrie they are not stuck without a player ready to man the position, whereas they know they need a catcher, for Opening Day, who is not currently with the organization.