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Morosi: Reddick tunes out free-agency talk
- Updated: April 28, 2016
DETROIT — A’s right fielder Josh Reddick has hit four home runs this month, the most in any April of his career, and he entered Thursday with an .823 OPS.
Reddick’s fast start is perfectly timed: The 29-year-old can be a free agent after this season.
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“I’m one of the guys that doesn’t think about that,” Reddick said Tuesday. “I’m not going into the box thinking, ‘If I don’t get this run in, or I don’t get this amount of home runs, I’m not going to be the free-agent player I need to be.’ That’s just something I’ve put very far back in my mind.
“I’m really trying not to focus on it at all, and it’s working wonders for me. I’ve learned to have a very short memory in this game.”
Reddick said he’s not aware of any substantive talks between the A’s and his agents, Seth and Sam Levinson. Oakland officials have told Reddick that they’d like to retain him. But with the fifth-smallest Opening Day payroll in Major League Baseball, the A’s will likely struggle to re-sign Reddick if he maintains his current level of production. And if the A’s fall back in the American …
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