A’s leave Winter Meetings with more work to do

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The A’s departed the Winter Meetings on Thursday morning with an unchanged roster, their search for a center fielder still ongoing.

Oakland’s front-office members have been steadfast in their quest for outfield help, doing their due diligence on a bevy of potential fits in both the trade and free-agent market. The cozy confines of the Winter Meetings allowed them to make further traction on this front.

“My guess is there’s plenty of things we’ve talked about this week that have legs, and those conversations will continue over the next few weeks,” A’s general manager David Forst said Thursday morning. “We have two months until pitchers and catchers report, four months until the season. We’re not the only ones leaving here without actually consummating something.”

This year’s Winter Meetings provided plenty of entertainment in the form of jaw-dropping deals and signings, many of which will have an impact on the center-field market, with Ian Desmond and Carlos Gomez off the free-agent board and Adam Eaton transferred from the White Sox to the …

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