Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
I can imagine you reading my headline and thinking, “Well, thanks for the news flash, Cap’n Obvious.”
But Matt Kawahara at The San Francisco Chronicle put just how bad the A’s offense is this season in a particularly stark historical context yesterday: going into Thursday’s 8-4 loss in Cleveland, the team had an abysmal line of .210/.274/.320—on pace to set all-time Oakland era lows in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage by at least 15 points.
To drive the point home even further, Kawahara pointed out that the last team with equally bad or worse marks in all three categories was the 1888 Washington Nationals.