So it appears that the 5 player trade which brought Elvis Andrews to Oakland was, for all intents and purposes, a bigger trade in which the A’s also received the payroll flexibility to sign Mike Fiers and perhaps a couple remaining available relievers.
The question then becomes, which relievers my Oakland be adding in the coming days? Scrolling through the long list of unsigned relief pitchers, here are guesses as to some of the more talented bargains the A’s might be targeting...
Jose Alvarez (LHP, 31)
Alvarez might be one of the better relievers you’ve never heard of.