The A’s are a much better team now than they were 3 months ago. Or last year or the year before. Hopes for 2025 are suddenly higher than just “not losing 100” or “.500”. But one reality persists: there are very positions on the diamond right now in which the A’s are above average defensively...or even average.
Yesterday the A’s lost partly because they could only score one run against a parade of mediocre pitchers. But they also fell because their defense let them down, turning 2 potential DPs into a total of one out and leading to the 2 unearned runs which cost them the game.