You hear about Christian Yelich and Marcel Ozuna, debate the merits of taking a shot at Lorenzo Cain or Alex Cobb or Lance Lynn, yet from where I sit all these names are smokescreens for the real off-season moves to come. These just aren’t the types of players the A’s are going to target and I am here, teetering on my soap box, to explain why.
Sure, the A’s would love to surge into the wild card picture following 3 years in last place, and the 2017 Minnesota Twins are the most recent precedent to show it is not a far fetched dream.