Because these Athletics are more than just cast offs, they're part of the history of the club, and we won't forget the roles they played, good and bad.
It is strange to write about the odds that someone is about to lose their job. In any other company it is impolite, or perhaps associated with a larger discussion about transition to one's next position. In my first offseason with Athletics Nation last year, coming off a third consecutive return to the postseason, the only candidate with any doubt as to his non-tender status was Ike Davis, whose rights the A's had just acquired for an international bonus slot just before the non-tender deadline.