A’s might move Jed Lowrie this winter after recently picking up infielder’s option
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - When it comes to bargaining chips at the winter meetings, the A’s hold one potentially interesting piece.
The A’s first act of the offseason was to pick up Jed Lowrie’s very reasonable $6 million option for 2018, and they had every intention of keeping him at least until the trade deadline, but second basemen are in demand this winter. So with Oakland on the lookout for a corner outfielder and Franklin Barreto available to move into the second-base spot, it’s increasingly apparent that Lowrie could be on the move sooner rather than later.
Healthy all season for the first time since 2013, Lowrie, 33, was the A’s best all-around player in 2017, with a team-best WAR of 4.0.