Oakland Athletics Trade Rumors: Tracking Hot Updates, News and Reaction

You can be sure that most of baseball will be paying close attention to how the Oakland Athletics perform coming out of the All-Star break, as few teams could have as big an impact on the trade market as the A's.

With multiple pending free agents that are at or near the top of other team's wish lists—specifically closer Tyler Clippard, starter Scott Kazmir and the versatile Ben Zobrist—Oakland general manager Billy Beane could be in a position to move all three for a substantial return as he builds for the future.

Or he could decide to hang onto all of them and add another piece or two as he tries to position the club to make a run at its third division title in the past four years.

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