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Bryce Harper reveals A's were possible trade destination at 2018 deadline

Oh, what could have been.

If you were writing your Christmas list during free agency in 2018, you might have hoped six-time All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper would sport your favorite team’s uniform.

If you’re an A’s fan, could that have happened?

Harper’s agent Scott Boras did mention it could have been a possibility months before during the trade deadline.

“When I was going through it, I sat there and -- we were at the trade deadline and I was talking to Scott and they were like ‘Oakland possibly, Indians possibly -- Houston’s probably the number one you could go to,’” Harper explained in a wide-range interview on "Starting 9.