3B Eric Chavez ...1125 mins 
LF Matt Holliday ...1281 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...1281 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...2205 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...2229 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...2253 mins
LF Matt Holliday ...2409 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...5313 mins
2B Mark Ellis ...5313 mins
RP Andrew Brown ...5373 mins
3B Eric Chavez ...shoulder
Having set club records for use of the disabled list in each of the past two seasons, the A's are leaving nothing to chance in their pursuit for free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, who missed all but 36 games of the 2008 regular season with a back injury.
In addition to discussing his rehab from shoulder surgery with MLB.com on Wednesday, A's third baseman Eric Chavez also discussed Oakland's busy offseason.
The A's announced on Wednesday that Chris Schroder was signed to a Major League contract on Wednesday. The team also announced that right-handed starter Ryan Webb has been added to the 40-man roster.
The A's were pleased that bench coach Don Wakamatsu got the job as Mariners manager, but they also know that they now have to seek a replacement. Wakamatsu also served as the club's Spring Training coordinator.
A's third baseman Eric Chavez, who has played hurt or not at all for the last three seasons, says his latest rehab from surgery is going well and that he fully expects to be healthy and ready to go for the start of Spring Training next year.
The Athletics on Tuesday announced a slew of changes to their Minor League affiliate coaching ranks for the 2009 season.
In this week's mailbag, Mychael Urban answers fans' questions about the Matt Holliday trade and the A's possible future acquisitions.
The 2008 season was not what the Rockies or former Rockies left fielder Matt Holliday hoped, but Holliday's work was recognized to the tune of an 18th-place tie in voting for the 2008 National League Most Valuable Player Award on Monday.
The A's and Giants both want free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, and according to Furcal's agent, they're among the six teams who appear to want Furcal the most.
By trading established players during the last year and not re-signing their own free agents, the A's have a rare chance to be a player in the free-agent market this offseason. The A's might be in search of a shortstop and another bat.
Matt Holliday, traded from the Rockies to the Athletics this week, was named Thursday as one of the winners of the Silver Slugger Award for the third consecutive year.
A's manager Bob Geren already has been thinking of where he'll slot newly acquired Matt Holliday into the lineup. The A's are very happy to get the slugger, and hope they'll have a healthy Eric Chavez back to pair with Holliday.
In order to get a talent like Matt Holliday, the A's had to give up talent. Oakland sent pitchers Huston Street and Greg Smith, as well as Carlos Gonzalez -- considered the team's center fielder for the next 10 years -- to Colorado.
A's bench coach Don Wakamatsu interviewed for the Mariners managerial position on Wednesday, the fourth of seven candidates. Padres Triple-A manager Randy Ready was supposed to interview later in the evening.
It's official. The A's finalized their trade for Matt Holliday on Wednesday, sending the Rockies Greg Smith, Huston Street and Carlos Gonzalez for the slugger.
A's owner Lew Wolff has four words for those concerned about the progress of building a new ballpark in Fremont, Calif., just 20 miles down the freeway from their current Oakland home: These things take time.
The A's and Rockies jump-started the Hot Stove season on Monday, agreeing to a four-player deal centered around Matt Holliday and Huston Street. But the trade doesn't necessarily mean Oakland and Colorado will be the duo's respective homes in '09.
Are the A's in the running for free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal? And if so, would signing him signal the in Oakland of former Rookie of the Year Bobby Crosby? Find out in the mailbag.
The Oakland A's are close to acquiring left fielder Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies, several publications reported on their Web sites on Monday.
Usually reliant on trades to bolster the club, Athletics general manger Billy Beane finds himself in position to spend some money on free agents this offseason.
On Wednesday, A's general manager Billy Beane essentially mocked the notion that the return of strength and conditioning coach Bob Alejo, who held the same position in Oakland from 1993-2001 prior to joining Jason Giambi in New York, was a precursor to the A's signing the slugger.
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