Athletics & Rays
Submitted by: Ms. Dajuba
Athletics
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Siri | 29 | Majors | CF | Medium | 3.1 | 14.9 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.7 | |
| Taylor Walls | 28 | Majors | UTIL | SS | Medium | 3.1 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| Curtis Mead | 23 | Majors | 3B | 2B | 5.1 | 12.9 | 0 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 15.5 | |
| Ian Seymour | 25 | Minors | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
Total Value:
25.3
Rays
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Langeliers | 26 | Majors | C | Medium | 4.1 | 39.9 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 15.4 | 19.3 | 23.1 |
Total Value:
19.3
Comments
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Down vote for the A's. Siri and Walls are inept hitters; Walls isn't worth a 7-figure salary. Mead is coasting on his former hype and can't stay healthy.
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Grover - What’s the A’s offseason plan? Looking to contend or still a year or two away?
Plan? That's a generous assumption...
LOL. Everyone has a plan. It might not be a good one, but that’s another issue. The Rays (I think) are planning to finish the rebuild they started at the deadline. 2025 could be rough but by 2026 a whole new crop of top prospects should be up.
Not everyone has a Forst at GM.
On a more serious note... the A's have no guaranteed money on the books for 2025 and have a small arb-eligible class, of which Rooker is the only guarantee to get tendered. They ran a low-60 million payroll in 2024 and while it's always smart to bet against Fisher raising the budget, Forst has roughly $30 MM to play with just to match what he spent this past season. The A's didn't trade Rooker at the break because they didn't like any of the offers (#Analysis) and I don't expect anyone to up their bid this winter. The team will probably try to resign one of Scott Alexander/T.J. McFarland early to have a proven southpaw in next year's bullpen. I think 3 straight 90+ loss seasons plus a AAA stadium is going to make very difficult to sign Free Agents. Anyone under the age of 35 is going to demand a 2-3 year deal, even if their play doesn't warrant the guarantee. They have holes at the top of the rotation and 3B and I think JJ Bleday would look a lot better in LF than CF. They have rotation depth and some building blocks in the line-up. I think Miller stays in the bullpen. The players are chirping about contending in 2025 (the Tigers and Royals offer inspiration) but .500 is a more reasonable goal for next year.
So it sounds like they're still a few years out. you're absolutely right about the difficulty they'll have signing free agents this offseason.
2026 is far more reasonable than 2025. For them to compete next year would require the A's to hit big on at least one acquisition (SP, CF, 3B) while minimizing regression from some of the guys that stepped forward in 2024. Then, so long as the Mariners continue to be the Mariners and the Astros lose Bregman, they'd have a shot in 2025.