Oakland Athletics: Healy to Mariners, Khris Davis now unavailable

The Oakland Athletics can keep Khris Davis or they can trade him away, he’s not going to hit free agency until 2020.

Wednesday they made a move that means Davis is very likely in Oakland for – well, maybe not the long-haul – but a longer amount of time than most who play for the A’s.

The Oakland Athletics sent DH and first baseman Ryon Healy to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-handed reliever Emilio Pagan and infield prospect Alexander Campos.

Khris Davis would’ve been great trade bait after becoming the only member of the Oakland Athletics to have back-to-back 40-plus home run seasons and the first to reach the 40-mark since Jason Giambi hit 43 long balls in 2000.

Davis is also just the second player in the history of the Athletics franchise to do so since Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx had back-to-back-to-back 40-plus homer seasons from 1933 to 1935 for the Philadelphia Athletics