OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Right-hander Tyler Clippard and the Oakland Athletics avoided salary arbitration when they agreed to an $8.3 million, one-year contract. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Right-hander ...

Tyler Clippard, and not Ben Zobrist, seems likely to be the next Athletics player to be traded, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle writes. That deal could take place soon, perhaps on ...

The 30-year-old Clippard, who is eligible for free agency after this season, is 1-3 with a 2.79 ERA and 17 saves in 21 chances. The Athletics obtained him from Washington in January. On Friday ...

Reached by phone Friday, Clippard shared his thoughts on the trade, the Nationals and the Athletics ... you’re gonna have no choice but become very very close with those people.

5:50pm: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweets that Clippard will be paid $8.3MM in 2015, which is slightly below the midpoint of the figures that were exchanged. Acquired last month in exchange for ...

General manager Sandy Alderson bolstered the bridge to closer Jeurys Familia by acquiring closer Tyler Clippard and cash considerations from the Oakland Athletics for Single-A pitching prospect ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals have traded relief pitcher Tyler Clippard to the Oakland Athletics for infielder Yunel Escobar. The team announced the move on Wednesday evening. Escobar ...