When I first volunteered to write for the FanSided Oakland Athletics blog, I did so with great enthusiasm. 2015 had been a bad year, but I had high hopes for 2016. The bullpen, which had blown so many games in 2015, was completely re-vamped. The starting pitching looked good. I got a good vibe from Khris Davis. Marcus Semien was on the cusp of becoming the best power-hitting shortstop in baseball. I believed in this team and the whole Oakland A’s organization.
A lot of A’s fans were still bitter about a lot of the trades that went down in 2014.