{"id":351075,"date":"2026-06-08T00:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351075\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:24:14","slug":"athletics-are-being-linked-to-1-all-star-in-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/351075\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics are being linked to 1 All-Star in trade rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletics<\/a> are within striking distance of a playoff spot this season, and they could be trying to make the most of it.<\/p>\n

The third-place Athletics<\/a> are showing interest in Kansas City Royals<\/a> left-hander Kris Bubic<\/a> on the trade market, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported on Sunday<\/a>. Nightengale adds that the Athletics<\/a> are looking to add reinforcements to their struggling rotation.<\/p>\n

Bubic, 28, was an All-Star last season for the Royals. He went 8-7 with a 2.55 ERA and a career-high 116 strikeouts through 20 total starts.<\/p>\n

However, Bubic\u2019s standout year ended in late July due to a rotator cuff strain. Now this season, Bubic has gone 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA and 51 strikeouts over nine total starts and is currently back on the injured list due to a sore left elbow that has kept him sidelined ever since mid-May.<\/p>\n

But that could mean a prime buy-low opportunity for the Athletics<\/a> on Bubic, who can become a free agent after this season. At 31-34 and just one game out of an AL Wild Card spot, the Athletics<\/a> are all set in the hitting department with the likes of Shea Langeliers<\/a> and Nick Kurtz<\/a> leading the charge.<\/p>\n

Starting pitching though is clearly an Achilles heel for the Athletics<\/a>, who currently own an unsightly collective team ERA of 4.54 (fifth-worst in the AL). They already made a trade for one former All-Star last month<\/a> and may now be targeting another one in Bubic ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletics are within striking distance of a playoff spot this season, and they could be trying to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143545,143,22533,145,144],"class_list":["post-351075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-kris-bubic","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-as","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}