NASHVILLE – Deciding whether to offer Sonny Gray a contract extension is one of the biggest long-term questions facing the A’s.
Billy Beane has said in the past that it’s a possibility. But on Tuesday, the A’s top baseball executive pumped the breaks when asked about the idea, saying there’s little margin for error in committing such big dollars for a team that annually operates on a small budget compared to many other clubs.
“We have no choice but to be right,” Beane said on a decision to lock up Gray. “I mean, we just can’t absorb being wrong.