Is there enough time left for the A's to make a run at the postseason if their luck turns around?
By basically any measure, the 2015 Oakland A's have been incredibly unlucky. Dave Cameron at Fangraphs and Jonah Keri at Grantland both wrote articles covering this yesterday, here are just some of the "fun" (read: AHHHH MY EYES) facts about how unlucky the team has been thus far:
* According to the team's run differential (-4), the A's expected record to this point is 17-17. The A's have underplayed their run differential by 5 wins in just 34 games
* According to FanGraphs' BaseRuns, a measure of the expected runs scored for and against a team assuming their hits, walks, and errors were grouped randomly, the A's expected record at to this point is 18-16.