The Oakland Athletics' front office is in the process of determining their offseason game plan, but one thing they have made clear to me: They have no plans to trade Josh Donaldson or Jeff Samardzija, at least not at this time. That doesn't necessarily mean they're going "all in" to try to win again in 2015; it means they're trying to rebuild yet compete at the same time, if possible.

The Athletics have eight impending free agents, including pitchers Jon Lester, Jason Hammel and Luke Gregerson.