FREE AGENTS: 2B Mark Ellis, DH Frank Thomas, OF Emil Brown, RHP Keith Foulke

Ellis is the only one of the four with a good shot at being retained, but considering the team's youth movement, that's not a sure thing at all. Besides, he could get some interest on the open market. The A's have brought Thomas in twice and they're always looking for right-handed power, but they are placing a premium on health after two injury-riddled seasons, and Thomas is too much of a question mark in that regard. Brown and Foulke will not be back.

ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE: RHP Huston Street, OF/DH Jack Cust, RHP Justin Duchscherer, C Rob Bowen, RHP Kirk Saarloos.

There is a strong possibility that the A's will trade Street, their former closer, though at one point there had been talks about a multi-year deal. Cust and Duchscherer are likely to get one-year deals, and Bowen and Saarloos are possible non-tender candidates.

IN LIMBO: RHP Huston Street, LHP Alan Embree, SS Bobby Crosby

The A's hold a $3 million option on veteran reliever Embree for next season that is likely to be picked up. Street is the most likely member of the club to be dealt because there are other teams in need of closers, plus he'd lost his closer spot in Oakland and then had a public disagreement with manager Bob Geren in the dugout in Detroit. Crosby will be a free agent after next season, which in Oakland often is a precursor to being shipped out.

MEDICAL WATCH:

3B Eric Chavez had season-ending shoulder surgery on Aug. 13 but is expected to be ready for spring training. If he cannot play third after two procedures on his right shoulder, a move to first base is a possibility.

2B Mark Ellis had season-ending shoulder surgery on Sept. 19 and is expected to be completely ready for spring training. The free agent might not be back with the A's, however.

RHP Justin Duchscherer experienced soreness in his surgically repaired right hip the final six weeks of the season and is scheduled for more tests in the offseason to determine if there is a need for more surgery. The two-time All-Star had been diagnosed with inflammation but was unable to throw from the stretch without pain, and his status is unclear. If he were to require more surgery, his availability early in the season would be doubtful.

DH Frank Thomas missed much of the season because of a severe quadriceps injury, but it did not require surgery and the reoccurrence of the injury in late August turned out to be scar tissue and inflammation. He said he probably could have played the final few weeks of the season. Like Ellis, Thomas is a free agent, but unlike Ellis, there is little chance he will be re-signed by Oakland.

RHP Andrew Brown was shut down because of shoulder problems in early August. He did not require surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training after extensive rest and then a strengthening program this winter.

Player Stats

HITTERS

Jeff Baisley, 3B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .261 23 1 6 1 0 0 1 0

Season .256 43 1 11 1 0 0 5 0

Wes Bankston, 1B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Season .203 59 4 12 3 0 1 4 0

Daric Barton, 1B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .500 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .417 24 7 10 4 0 0 0 0

Season .226 446 59 101 17 5 9 47 2

Rob Bowen, C

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .250 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

Last 7 Games .200 20 1 4 3 0 0 3 0

Season .176 91 6 16 5 1 1 9 0

Andrew Brown, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Emil Brown, RF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .182 22 2 4 0 0 1 4 0

Season .244 402 48 98 14 2 13 59 4

Travis Buck, RF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .600 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 0

Last 7 Games .375 32 3 12 3 0 3 9 0

Season .226 155 16 35 9 1 7 25 1

Eric Chavez, 3B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .148 27 3 4 2 0 0 4 0

Season .247 89 10 22 7 0 2 14 0

Brooks Conrad, 3B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .158 19 0 3 1 0 0 2 0

Season .158 19 0 3 1 0 0 2 0

Bobby Crosby, SS

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .154 26 3 4 2 0 0 1 1

Season .237 556 66 132 39 1 7 61 7

Aaron Cunningham, CF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .095 21 0 2 2 0 0 2 0

Season .250 80 7 20 7 1 1 14 2

Jack Cust, LF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .261 23 6 6 1 0 4 7 0

Season .231 481 77 111 19 0 33 77 0

Rajai Davis, CF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .150 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 2

With SF .056 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 4

Chris Denorfia, CF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .500 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0

Last 7 Games .357 14 2 5 1 0 1 3 0

Season .290 62 10 18 3 0 1 9 2

Joey Devine, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Justin Duchscherer, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mark Ellis, 2B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .250 16 2 4 1 0 1 1 0

Season .233 442 55 103 20 3 12 41 14

Alan Embree, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dana Eveland, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Keith Foulke, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sean Gallagher, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Carlos Gonzalez, CF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .222 18 3 4 1 0 0 2 0

Season .242 302 31 73 22 1 4 26 4

Jack Hannahan, 3B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .190 21 4 4 0 0 1 2 0

Season .218 436 48 95 27 0 9 47 2

Donnie Murphy, 3B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .222 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Season .184 103 10 19 3 0 3 13 2

Matt Murton, LF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .095 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

With ChC .250 40 2 10 2 0 0 6 0

Eric Patterson, LF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .095 21 4 2 0 0 0 4 1

With ChC .237 38 5 9 1 0 1 7 2

Cliff Pennington, SS

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .200 25 3 5 2 0 0 4 2

Season .242 99 14 24 5 0 0 9 4

Gregorio Petit, 2B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .375 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0

Season .348 23 4 8 2 0 0 0 0

Greg Smith, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Huston Street, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kurt Suzuki, C

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .200 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .192 26 1 5 2 0 0 2 0

Season .279 530 54 148 25 1 7 42 2

Mike Sweeney, 1B

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .167 24 1 4 2 0 0 2 0

Season .286 126 13 36 8 0 2 12 0

Ryan Sweeney, CF

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Last 7 Games .167 24 5 4 1 0 0 0 1

Season .286 384 53 110 18 2 5 45 9

Frank Thomas, DH

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .500 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .320 25 5 8 1 0 0 1 0

With Tor .167 60 7 10 1 0 3 11 0

Brad Ziegler, P

BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB

Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PITCHERS

Jerry Blevins, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1

Last 7 Games 7.71 0 0 0 3 2.1 3 2 1 0 2

Season 3.11 1 3 0 36 37.2 32 13 2 13 35

Dallas Braden, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 11.25 0 1 0 1 4 9 5 1 3 2

Last 7 Games 4.20 1 1 0 3 15 20 7 2 6 7

Season 4.14 5 4 0 19 71.2 77 33 8 25 41

Andrew Brown, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 54.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 3 4 0 2 0

Last 7 Games 9.82 0 0 0 3 3.2 3 4 0 5 3

Season 3.09 1 0 0 31 35 23 12 3 21 28

Santiago Casilla, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 0

Last 7 Games 21.60 0 0 1 3 1.2 5 4 0 2 2

Season 3.93 2 1 2 51 50.1 60 22 5 20 43

Joey Devine, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0

Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 1

Season 0.59 6 1 1 42 45.2 23 3 0 15 49

Lenny DiNardo, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 27.00 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 0

Last 7 Games 6.75 0 0 0 3 8 12 6 1 3 3

Season 7.43 1 2 0 11 23 31 19 3 13 12

Justin Duchscherer, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 2.2 3 0 0 0 3

Last 7 Games 4.50 0 1 0 3 14 16 7 2 3 17

Season 9.00 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1

Alan Embree, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 27.00 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 2

Last 7 Games 13.50 1 1 0 3 3.1 5 5 2 1 3

Season 4.96 2 5 0 70 61.2 59 34 8 30 57

Dana Eveland, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 12.60 0 1 0 1 5 8 7 2 3 4

Last 7 Games 5.29 1 1 0 3 17 19 10 2 7 17

Season 4.34 9 9 0 29 168 172 81 10 77 118

Keith Foulke, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 27.00 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 0

Last 7 Games 9.00 0 0 0 3 3 5 3 3 0 1

Season 4.06 0 3 1 31 31 28 14 7 13 23

Sean Gallagher, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 15.43 0 1 0 1 4.2 10 8 2 1 4

Last 7 Games 5.89 1 1 0 3 18.1 18 12 3 4 15

Season 4.45 3 4 0 12 58.2 58 29 6 22 49

Gio Gonzalez, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 4

Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 6 2 0 0 1 6

Season 7.68 1 4 0 10 34 32 29 9 25 34

Jeff Gray, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 18.00 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0

Last 7 Games 10.13 0 0 0 3 2.2 7 3 0 0 1

Season 7.71 0 0 0 5 4.2 8 4 1 1 4

Dan Meyer, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 4.50 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1

Last 7 Games 11.37 0 1 0 3 6.1 13 8 1 3 2

Season 7.48 0 4 0 11 27.2 35 23 6 14 20

Josh Outman, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 4.50 0 1 0 1 6 8 3 0 1 5

Last 7 Games 4.96 0 2 0 3 16.1 24 9 0 6 13

Season 4.56 1 2 0 6 25.2 34 13 1 8 19

Kirk Saarloos, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 3.1 7 5 1 1 0

Last 7 Games 5.63 0 0 0 3 8 13 5 1 1 2

Season 5.47 1 0 0 8 26.1 37 16 2 4 12

Greg Smith, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 6.43 0 1 0 1 7 5 5 1 2 3

Last 7 Games 3.50 0 1 0 3 18 15 7 1 5 8

Season 4.16 7 16 0 32190.1 169 88 21 87 111

Huston Street, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

Last 7 Games 0.00 1 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 4

Season 3.73 7 5 18 63 70 58 29 6 27 69

Brad Ziegler, P

ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K

Last Game 9.00 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1

Last 7 Games 6.75 1 0 0 3 2.2 6 2 1 0 2

Season 1.06 3 0 11 47 59.2 47 7 2 22 30