Las Vegas Insider Talks Oakland Athletics Ballpark Deal, Possible Move

Adrian Hernandez of 'The Sporting Tribune' joins this week's edition of 'The Payoff Pitch' to talk about the Oakland Athletics "binding" stadium agreement, possible pitfalls to relocation and much more.
Las Vegas Insider Talks Oakland Athletics Ballpark Deal, Possible Move
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The Oakland Athletics may very well be on the move to Las Vegas. It's not official yet, but it's certainly trending that way.

Just yesterday, we learned that the team had reached a $1.5 billion "binding" agreement on a ballpark site.

On this week's edition of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast, Brady Farkas sits down with Adrian Hernandez of 'The Sporting Tribune' in Las Vegas to talk about the recent developments.

1) How binding does does binding actually mean?

2) Do the people of Las Vegas actually want the Athletics to come and does Vegas actually need the Athletics?

3) What are the possible pitfalls to relocation? Does the legislature need to approve things? Does the general public need to vote on something? Could this be struck down?

4) Is this a leverage play by the A's, and could they actually stay in Oakland?

The full episode of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast comes out Wednesday morning but you can listen to whole interview early be clicking the player below.

As for the rest of the podcast? Brady will talk about why ESPN owes Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas an apology, Aaron Judge and the Blue Jays thinking that he may be stealing signs, the Cardinals and their situation with Willson Contreras and more!

The Athletics currently have the worst record in baseball at 9-34. They'll host the Diamondbacks again on Tuesday night at 9:40 p.m. ET.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.