CSN Bay Area · Sep 11, 2016
A's release DH Billy Butler with year left on contract
Billy Butler is scheduled to make $11.67 million during the 2017 season.OAKLAND -- The A's released designated hitter Billy Butler on Sunday morning, cutting ties with a player whose production didn't live up to the three-year, $30 million contract he was given.
Butler exited the A's clubhouse with bags packed shortly after the media's access period began. He declined comment as he left.
Butler's contract runs through next season, and the A's are on the hook for the approximately $11.7 million he is owed in 2017.