The A’s are expected to announce as many as three contract extensions soon. The timing could be tied to the length of the Red Sox-Dodgers outcome, because MLB discourages teams from making major announcements during the World Series.



According to a team source, A’s manager Bob Melvin’s contract extension is in the works and is going to get done. All indications are that similar extensions for executive vice president Billy Beane and general manager David Forst are being hashed out as well and that ownership wants align these signings so they happen simultaneously. Melvin, Beane and Forst’s current contracts are all set to expire after the 2019 season.



Fancred Sports’ Jon Heyman reported in late September that ownership would like to extend Melvin, and assumed deals would be in place for all three of the A’s top baseball figures. But the wheels are now in motion with the World Series possibly ending as soon as...