Yonder Alonso may be willing to pass on free agency for the security of a long-term deal with the Oakland Athletics.
The 30-year-old Alonso tells Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com that he does not want to be traded and is open to signing a long-term deal with the A’s. “I think that there is a great chance that I stay here. I really do mean that. The guys they have, the young core that they have, are all guys I can relate to,” Alonso tells Rosenthal.
Alonso has timed things just right by enjoying a career year (.