A's Decline Arb offers to Embree, Thomas

by notsellingjeans on Dec 1, 2008 10:41 PM EST on Athletics Nation

According to mlbtraderumors.com, via Mychael Urban, the A's have declined to offer arbitration to both of their Type B free agents. Embree might've eventually yielded a top-50 draft pick in the '09 draft if he had been offered and signed with another team. But the team eschewed the gamble that...