The 2017 Cactus League has been a mostly positive experience for the A’s.
They’ve won more than they’ve lost, and they’ve scored runs in bunches, occasionally at a ferocious rate, and as the calendar turns toward the Bay Bridge Series against the Giants starting Thursday at AT&T Park, there are glimmers of optimism to be had.
And that wasn’t a given at the start of the spring, not with the A’s are coming off back-to-back last-place finishes in the American League West and with most pundits ready to make it a trifecta without thinking much about it.