Trevor Plouffe, Stephen Vogt, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Madson, Sonny Gray, Yonder Alonso and now Rajai Davis have all departed the confines of the Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics have moved forward with a plan to rebuild their franchise and embrace their younger players.
So why has there been talk about picking up Jed Lowrie’s team option for 2018? Not only does keeping Lowrie work against Billy Beane‘s efforts to rebuild the team, but it blocks a certain prospect named Franklin Barreto.