Count right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler among those who won't be suiting up for the Athletics next season, when they play their first campaign in a minor-league park in Sacramento? Athletics manager Mark Kotsay acknowledged on Thursday night,

Kotsay said the quiet part out loud regarding the Athletics' temporary home in Sacramento. It will be nearly impossible for them to attract free agents like Buehler while playing in a minor-league ballpark. They will be there until the 2027 season, with their stadium in Las Vegas scheduled to open in 2028.

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Walker Buehler, fresh off winning the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, apparently isn't interested in playing in a minor league park with the Athletics in 2025.

They didn't extend him the qualifying offer, which made sense — Buehler made a little over $8 million this year in arbitration and definitely didn't do enough to warrant a $21.05 million payday next season — and their interest in the top three free agent pitchers on the market (Corbin Burnes,

That being said, it certainly doesn’t hurt that Walker Buehler showed his best production in a long while against the Yankees on baseball’s biggest stage. Prioritizing the pursuit of Juan Soto or other hitter additions in case that doesn’t happen,