Good morning A’a fans!
The team wrapped up their season-opening series against the Chicago Cubs yesterday afternoon, getting swept to kick off the Sacramento era and dropping the team to 2-4 over the first week of the season. It wasn’t pretty against the Cubbies as they kicked the Athletics in the teeth, scoring 35 runs compared the the A’s collecting just nine runs. Hard to win when you’re getting outscore that much.
There was a notable transaction that occurred yesterday as well. Former top outfield prospect Esteury Ruiz finally saw his time in the Athletics’ organization come to an end, as the team cut bait on Ruiz and traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers.