As the calendar prepares to flip to February, so too does our focus as pitchers and catchers prepare to report by the end of the month. Still, there is time to look back at the offseason and The Athletics’ MLB writers assigned grades for all 30 teams in an article Tuesday. The A’s came out with a C+ which lands them in the lower third, but better than seven other teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Everyone expected Oakland to trade away catcher Sean Murphy this offseason and the return will be scrutinized for many seasons to come.