Infielder Jed Lowrie, an All-Star who had three separate stints with the Oakland Athletics during 14 MLB seasons, has announced his retirement.
Winners of 17 of their past 21 games, the A's are putting some pressure on the Mariners for a wild-card spot -- and they have nothing to lose.
Coming off one of his best seasons, second baseman Jed Lowrie had his $6 million option for 2018 exercised by the A's on Thursday.
Support his big moves or not, Billy Beane made one thing clear: The Athletics' season probably would have ended sooner without Jon Lester as a part of it.
