Oakland A's Pending Free Agents

With the season nearly through, there will be a few players on the Oakland Athletics roster that will be hitting free agency in a little over a week, and the team will have to decide whether or not to bring them back for the 2025 campaign. The first of those players is right-hander Ross Stripling, who has expressed over the course of the season that he would be open to returning to play for the A's in Sacramento, though we did not discuss his salary demands or what role he'd prefer on the club. This season with Oakland, Stripling has accrued a 2-11 record and a 6.08 ERA, with both the losses and the ERA being career worsts. The A's will likely need a veteran arm or two on the roster next season as well, and it could be difficult to lure other veterans to Sacramento, so taking a chance on Stripling could be in the cards.