OAKLAND -- Friday presents yet another winter deadline for clubs to meet, the latest requiring teams to decide whether to tender contracts to each of their arbitration-eligible players.
Players that are tendered contracts will have several weeks to work out new deals with their teams before exchanging arbitration figures in January, while non-tendered players will immediately hit the open market.
For the A's, the process won't be so straightforward. For every easy decision, there's a not-so-easy one. Khris Davis, Marcus Semien, Blake Treinen, Sean Manaea, Mark Canha and Ryan Buchter fall into the former category, leaving seven players in limbo.