The A’s have avoided salary arbitration with right-handed starter Jarrod Parker Saturday, agreeing with him on a one-year deal for $850,000, half of it guaranteed.
Meanwhile the A’s are waiting to hear back from lefty Scott Kazmir, a free agent who spent all of 2014 and the first half of 2015 pitching behind Sonny Gray at the top of the Oakland rotation. He’s a free agent, and is amenable to a return to Oakland.
At the same time, cbssports.com reported the Orioles, Dodgers and Royals all have competing offers out to Kazmir, who seems to be close to accepting a three-year deal from one of the four teams in the next few days.