Actually I considered a number of free agent veterans for the job, from former member of the Oakland Athletics player Brandon Moss to Adam Lind to Logan Morrison.
The conclusion of my personal investigation was that Sean Rodriguez, who like Joyce also was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates last season, would have been the addition I thought the A’s would have needed, at least that was back in early October.
Rodriguez, well this one at least, may not be a household name around the nation but he’s a super-utility man who had a career-year in 2016 with Pittsburgh.