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A's Losing Revenue Sharing Could Result In Already Small Payroll Getting Smaller

A's President Dave Kaval plans to address how MLB's new CBA affects the club "once specific terms of the agreement are announced," according to John Shea of the S.F. CHRONICLE. The team's portion of revenue sharing is being phased out as part of the new labor deal, potentially giving the A’s a "reason to cut payroll." The team ranked 26th in payroll last year at $85M, the second-lowest figure in the AL behind just the Rays. Rays. Asked if there is a concern the A’s will spend less on players, a union source said, "We will have to wait and see. Hopefully, there will be a stadium agreement soon, and we don’t have to be as concerned." Shea noted with players like LF Coco Crisp, RF Josh Reddick and P Rich Hill having been traded last season, payroll was already "trending downward." The budget now will be "particularly tight" in '17 (S.F. CHRONICLE, 12/2). CSNBAYAREA.com's Ray Ratto wrote the A's have now been "stripped of its little-engine classification, and the conditions that allowed them to play the cute little underdog are gone." No more "waiting for more clement economic circumstances, or a more favorable political climate, or for the ever-nebulous 'future' which the A’s always dangled before its dwindling fan base" (CSNBAYAREA.com, 12/1).

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale cited the A's as one of the losers in the new CBA, as they "not only are stuck playing in a dump, but now don’t have anyone to pay their mortgage." The A’s, who "had been receiving" about $34M in revenue sharing, "now won’t get a dime within three years since they reside in one of baseball’s biggest marketplaces" (USA TODAY, 12/2). MLB Network's Dan Plesac said the A’s and MLB "sooner or later ... are going to have to address this issue." Plesac: "Something has to happen. They’re going to need a new ballpark, and unless they get a new ballpark I can’t see four years down the road how they’re going to be able to be competitive in Major League Baseball. I just can’t see it happening” (“Intentional Talk,” MLB Network, 12/1).

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