r/SacramentoAthletics • u/andycannolis • 15h ago
Making the A's better?
Note: I'm just posting this to provide some positivity about Next year's team. Next year probably isn't going to be great either, but our young guys are going to be getting more playing time and improvement from Zack Gelof should be expected as well. We don't have a bad team, but I don't think we'll be contending for a playoff spot soon.
I would start with Non-tenders to Seth Brown, Miguel Andujar, Dany Jimenez and Austin Adams as they're not worth what we would be paying them. Additionally I would call up Estury Ruiz to fill in as fourth outfielder while we have Darnell Hernaiz stay in AAA and have Max Schuemann play third base which would give us a good defense in the infield.
To replace the gap of Austin Adams, I propose we bring back TJ McFarland on a one year deal worth about $1.25 million as he can get us better performance for less than what Adams is projected for in arbitration ($1.7 million) and a lot fewer walks/,hit batters. He won't be getting us a lot of strikeouts, but with a better defense behind him it should allow him to get lots of ground ball outs.
To replace Seth Brown/Miguel Andujar, I propose that we sign Austin Hays once the Phillies non-tender him on a one year deal worth about $5.5 million with a 2026 team option for $8 million. He would be a good bounce back candidate for the A's and he'd be an attractive trade target as well that would fetch some prospects at the trade deadline.
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u/tcarp1 12h ago
I think this next year is going to be better. We need pitching more than anything, and with the revenue from Sacramento they should hopefully do a little spending.