The Oakland Athletics will have at least $22 million come off of their payroll next season, including Ben Sheets‘ $10 million and Eric Chavez’s $12 million, and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle says the team may go after a big bat or two on the free-agent market this winter.

Two candidates the A’s could go after include Tampa Bay Rays’ first baseman Carlos Peña and outfielder Carl Crawford.

“The main thing is that I want to see how the season ends and how things work out with this team,” Crawford said. “I hope things go well, and if not, I’ll have to see what’s out there. (Oakland) does have good pitching. I’ll weigh a lot of things, but obviously I want to go somewhere where the team can win.”

Peña would consider returning to Oakland. “Of course. I don’t rule out anything like that, and I like the area.”