Bobby Crosby met with Oakland management on Friday and asked for a trade to a team that is in need of a starting shortstop. The Athletics signed free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera this past week. "I've talked about it with them. They know where I stand. I want to be a regular shortstop somewhere," Crosby told MLB.com on Saturday morning. "That's not going to change. And while I'm here and I'm not playing, I told them I'm going to be busting my butt for the club. "But I still think I can be a shortstop somewhere. Ideally, that's what I want to do. In the meantime, I'm under contract with the A's. I'm going to go out there and play for my teammates here. And play hard for them."