The A’s brass head to San Diego next week with a straightforward offseason wish list in hand for these Winter Meetings. The priority might strike two needs with one find: the A’s hope to land a left-handed middle infielder.
“We do continue to look for a left-handed option in the infield,” general manager David Forst said in a conference call. “Expecting the 26th man to be on the roster, there is another opportunity for a position player, and ideally someone who can play other positions and ideally left handed, but we have to find that other person.”
The A’s thought that person was Jurickson Profar, who was acquired last offseason with potential to spice up the second base lineup spot with athleticism and crucial switch-hitting this team otherwise lacked.