OAKLAND — There’s a feeling around baseball that the A’s have restocked their farm system into one that will have them ready to compete for a playoff spot. There’s just one problem — the target date for that playoff run isn’t expected to come for at least a couple of years. The players think they can speed that process up.
The A’s finished off 2017 by going 17-7 in their final 24 games and winning 16 games in the month of September, their highest win total in a single month since 2014. After the A’s unveiled their new alternate “kelly green” jerseys at the club’s new offices in Jack London Square on Friday, the players themselves unveiled their own thoughts on how last season’s impressive finish was only a taste of what’s to come with a full season of their eye-opening youngsters.