You’ve buckled into this strange season, maybe even settled in. Now it’s time to get a little unsettled.
We’re two weeks from the Aug. 31 trade deadline, and the Oakland A’s — with the best record in baseball and comfortably in first place atop the AL West — should be active.
Odd 2020 season included, the A’s contention window is officially open. Starting in the 2022 season the A’s young core will start to hit their final years of arbitration — Chad Pinder, Chris Bassitt, Sean Manaea, Matt Olson, . . .