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[BSLChrisStoner]

• Vegas mayor: A's should try to stay in Oakland

[BaltBird 24]

Wow, there's absolutely a worse owner than the Angelos family in MLB.

[Mackus]

Wow, there's absolutely a worse owner than the Angelos family in MLB.

Yeah, could never argue Angelos was 30th of 30.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Pro Sports Owner: We want to move to your city.

 

Mayor: Yeahhhh, no thanks.

 

That's gotta be a first.

[BaltBird 24]

Sounds more like she'd like the A's, but where the stadium is to be located is out of her control, and the A's owner hasn't been very open with county officials.

[You Play to Win the Game]

The mayor has no say in this, Clark County does. I’m betting it still happens. But the mayor makes some great points. Building the stadium on the actual strip is just insane.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Read more to me like she wants MLB, but she doesn't want John Fisher. And who can blame her?

[Pedro Cerrano]

“Please stay away”

lol

[mweb08]

You have to check out this design if you haven't already seen it!

 

Oakland A’s Las Vegas ballpark renderings revealed | Athletics | Sports (reviewjournal.com)

[ivanbalt]

Wow, 1.5 billion for a stadium that seats 33k.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Oakland A's@Athletics·

Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento will host the A's for the 2025-27 seasons - ahead of the team's move to Vegas in 2028.

[ivanbalt]

Pretty amusing that an owner who "couldn't afford" to invest in the team or a new stadium in Oakland has no problem taking huge revenue hits from 2023-2027 (and years before 2023) just to get his subsidized stadium in 2028.

 

Since he's a billionaire I'm sure he'll make out in the end because people like him created the system.  Sad state of American sports.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Wow, 1.5 billion for a stadium that seats 33k.

 

Which means there will only be about 25k empty seats per game....better than now, I guess.

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: Why Mason Miller may be the best closer in MLB: Four things to know about the flamethrowing A's reliever

https://www.cbssport...ng-as-reliever/

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: Athletics extend winning streak to six games, push record to .500 with 20-run outburst vs. Marlins

https://www.cbssport...rst-vs-marlins/

[BaltBird 24]

Offense still isn't much, but a solid enough rotation and dominant BP. They aren't the pushover they've been the past couple seasons. Shame what them and their fans are going through. Oakland is a rowdy baseball town when they're good (late 90s through the early mid 2000s).

[BSLChrisStoner]

CBS Sports: Mason Miller trade rumors: A's haven't ruled out moving flamethrowing closer despite high ask, per report

https://www.cbssport...ask-per-report/

[weird-O]

Even though he's under team control through 2029, the A's would be wise to trade him. Relievers are volatile, he may very well have a great career. But he could also get figured out, and be just a good BP arm. And even if you're absolutely convinced he'll be the former, flipping him for a position player(s) adds so much more to your roster. Losing teams don't need a closer. The A's don't look so bad, because that division isn't that great.   

[BSLChrisStoner]

Goodbye to the A’s

[Mackus]

The A's...yes, the Oakland A's, have signed Luis Severino.  He signed for 3/$67M, a pretty good bit higher than MLBTR's 3/$51M prediction, though still just a 3-year deal.  He also has an opt-out after Year 2.  I'm pretty floored that the Athletics are involved in spending serious money.  Not sure if this tells us much about pitching market, it's still in family with most of the expectations and the early contracts we've seen, but its decidedly higher AAV than expected which could be market rising or could be A's having to blow people out of the water to attract anyone.

 

Severino had received and rejected a Qualifying Offer, so the A's will lose their 3rd highest pick and the Mets will get a comp pick after the 4th round.