Oakland meets with Murray

Representatives of the Oakland Athletics and Major League Baseball met with Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray a day before the Oklahoma quarterback's deadline to enter the NFL draft, a person with direct knowledge of the session said.

Oakland executives remained confident as recently as the baseball winter meetings last month in Las Vegas that Murray would report to spring training this year and pursue baseball. MLB joined the efforts to persuade the dual-sport star, sending someone from its marketing group to the meeting, the source said.

Murray knows he has some leverage here, and his asking price from the A’s is a hefty $15 million, according to Mike Leslie of WFAA. That would be a serious commitment from Oakland and would prove they believe he’s their future center fielder.

The 5-10, 195-pound Murray's Sooners helped the Sooners win the Big 12 and advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals.