Programming note: A’s-Tigers coverage starts Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. with A's Pregame Live on CSN California.
Take a glance at the A’s outfield, and you’ll find evidence of how this season simply hasn’t gone according to plan for Oakland.
Coco Crisp, slated as the left fielder, has appeared in just 13 games because of elbow and neck injuries. Craig Gentry was expected to platoon in center, but he finds himself in Triple-A trying to rediscover his hitting stroke.
In the wake of all this, Billy Burns has emerged as one of the American League’s top rookies in 2015.