Even if the A’s actually spend in Sacramento, which players are taking their

The OakSacVegas A’s keep promising to build toward a “top-tier payroll” over the next several years, which raises some obvious questions:

Should anyone trust owner John Fisher to spend? (Of course not, but more on that shortly.)

Will free agents join the A’s for their interim stay in Sacramento, which will span from 2025 through at least 2027? (Sure! But only if they lack better options.)

In January, team president Dave Kaval said, “We’re budgeting numbers we think are in the higher side of the league” once they get to Las Vegas. On Monday, he reaffirmed the A’s intent to spend. “We plan to grow our payroll ahead of our move to Las Vegas, and once we are in our new ballpark, we plan to have a top-tier payroll,” Kaval said in a statement to The Athletic.

A person briefed on the A’s plans in January said the team intended to carry payrolls in the $130 million to $150 range during the ramp-up period before they relocate to Las Vegas, then $170 million-plus once they move into their new fixed-roof stadium. Kaval declined to confirm those numbers at the time.

Granted, any serious analysis of how Fisher intends to more than double the team’s current $61 million payroll is probably so much wasted breath. Some players, though, say Sacramento’s miniature Triple-A palace likely will be preferable to the mammoth and decrepit Oakland Coliseum. So, just for fun, let’s start filling out the OakSacVegas roster!

Chicago Cubs center fielder Cody Bellinger, who can opt out of his contract after this season, was one of several players who professed limited knowledge of the A’s situation. Asked if he would consider joining Fisher’s vagabonds, Bellinger laughed and offered a conditional response based upon the lighting at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, which Kaval has said could be upgraded.

“If the lights are good,” Bellinger said. “Gimme good lights.”

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Justin Turner, a 16-year veteran who also is a potential free agent, viewed the Sacramento experience as a potential upgrade over the one in Oakland. But he, too, is not quite hearing the A’s siren call.

“They might play in front of more people. It might feel like a better baseball atmosphere,” Turner said. “Would it be on my top-10 list? Absolutely not. But, I mean, who’s to say it’s not going to be a better situation?”

Turner has a point. The capacity at Sutter Health Park is 14,014 including fixed seats, lawn seating and standing room. The A’s average home attendance the past three seasons was 8,660, 9,849 and 10,276. This season, through seven games, it’s 6,438. When the team was more competitive, the numbers were higher.

“The clubhouse can’t be worse. The visiting clubhouse can’t be worse. The attendance can’t be worse,” Turner said. “And even if the attendance is small, in a smaller venue, it’s not going to look as egregious as it does in the Coliseum, which is massive.”

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