OAKLAND -- Of the many deadlines clubs deal with in the offseason, Friday's was a cinch for the A's.
Clubs were required to alert each of their arbitration-eligible players whether they will be tendered a contract for the 2018 season by 5 p.m. PT on Friday. The A's had seven of them, and club announced that all of them were tendered deals.
Already this week, the A's came to terms on a one-year, $775,000 contract with outfielder Jake Smolinski, who was seemingly the lone arbitration-eligible player at risk of being non-tendered. The remaining seven are now also safe: outfielder Khris Davis, right-handers Kendall Graveman, Blake Treinen, Chris Hatcher and Liam Hendriks, shortstop Marcus Semien and catcher Josh Phegley.