OAKLAND — Despite having no official plan in place for a new ballpark, A’s executive vice president Billy Beane is supremely confident that it is coming soon. So much so that he is already trading away some of the current team’s brightest assets with an eye towards entering the new park with a team that is ready to compete for a World Series.
The A’s traded away reliever and fan favorite Sean Doolittle to the Washington Nationals along with Ryan Madson on Sunday in a five-player deal in exchange for reliever Blake Treinen and two of the Nationals’ top 10 prospects minor league left-hander Jesus Luzardo and minor league infielder Sheldon Neuse.