As recently as 2020, the A’s were in the playoffs of the COVID-shortened season, having won 97 games in each of the previous two seasons. Since then, they have traded away Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Sean Murphy, Chris Bassitt, Frankie Montas, and Sean Manaea, losing Marcus Semien and Liam Hendriks to free agency. The franchise has now bottomed out with the worst record in baseball and they could be on the move with visions of a new ballpark in Las Vegas.
The offense hasn’t been god awful, thanks in part to former Royals outfielder Brent Rooker, who was named American League Player of the Week recently.