Sam Fuld turns down A’s baseball ops job, AL West roundup

There were no games on the schedule for AL West teams yesterday, but the Sacramento Athletics still managed to generate one of the day’s notable headlines.

Sam Fuld declines A’s president of baseball operations role

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, as relayed by MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies president of baseball operations Sam Fuld has turned down the Athletics’ offer to take over as their new president of baseball operations. Fuld’s name had surfaced in connection with the A’s vacancy earlier in the week, but he has now removed himself from consideration.

For the Athletics, who finished the season at 64–98 in the AL West, Fuld’s decision means their search for a new baseball operations leader continues. No additional candidates are mentioned in the information available, but the club will have to look elsewhere to fill a key front-office position that will shape its next steps.

Quiet day elsewhere in the AL West

The rest of the division stayed off the field. The Houston Astros (81–81), Texas Rangers (80–82), Seattle Mariners (76–86) and Los Angeles Angels (62–100) did not play, leaving their records unchanged and producing no other major reported developments within the AL West over the past 24 hours.

MLB Trade Rumors also highlights a historical note from elsewhere around the league: 100 years ago, the St. Louis Cardinals captured their first championship by defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1926 World Series. That series remains the only one ever to end on a caught stealing, with Babe Ruth thrown out by catcher Bob O’Farrell. It’s a piece of World Series history that accompanied an otherwise quiet news day on the AL West front.