Well, not really. But they're not taking the rumored Thome conversations very seriously.
Batgirl has also had conversations with people involved in the Oakland organization about trading Eric Chavez for Brent Abernathy and Chris Heinz. In this deal, the A's would have to pay part of Chavez's salary and also give Batgirl a pony. Batgirl will not mention how the A's half of the conversation went.