The Oakland A’s began the process of trimming down their roster this week with an eye toward 2017, and the first step included removing 12 players from the 40-man roster and 60-day DL — one lost on waivers, 11 outrighted to Triple-A. Of those 11 sent down, six of them have elected free agency rather than accepting the assignment, according to Bill Moriarity of Athletics Farm.
A quick word on each player:
Eric Sogard, 2B: Bittersweet. The days of the Keebler Elf, #nerdpower, and the Face Of MLB are now in the past.