MESA, Arizona -- The A’s had baseball’s best record in one-run games last season.
Part of that success was an offense which could regularly leave the yard with one swing of the bat. The other half was a bullpen that gave up next to nothing.
Including the premiere setup and closer combo of Lou Trivino and Blake Treinen, who both return to Oakland in 2019.
“I always tell him,” Trivino said, “Soon as I’m done I’d run right up to the clubhouse to watch him on television.”
The “Turbo Sinker” became Treinen’s signature pitch in what turned out to be the breakout season of his already-established career.