Programming alert: Watch Bob Melvin's press conference at 3:30pm on CSN California and streaming live right here
The A’s will announce in a 3:30 p.m. press conference today that manager Bob Melvin is receiving a contract extension.
In a year where they expected to compete for a fourth consecutive trip to the postseason, the A’s instead find themselves with a 60-79 record that is the worst in the American League. That led to them selling off several key veterans at the trade deadline in exchange for prospects. But as they play out the string of the 2015 season, news of Melvin’s extension is an obvious sign that upper management doesn’t hold him responsible for all that went wrong this season.