HOUSTON – Jesse Hahn will make another pitch to remain a member of the A’s starting rotation in the Sunday series finale against the Astros.
When he does, he’ll be bringing a little of 2015 presence to the mound in the form of, he says, a better mental approach to the game.
“I’ve got a clean mindset going now,” Hahn said Saturday, referring to the impressive eight scoreless one-hit innings he threw in Anaheim against the Angels in a start Tuesday. “I struggled with that last year.”
As a result, he’s been less the sure thing for the Oakland rotation than the A’s had hoped before the 2015 season when the club shipped catcher Derek Norris to the Padres for him.