Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
The postseason is well upon us, with the Wild Card round already promptly completed in a series of sweeps: the four Wild Card winners are collectively 8-0 in the postseason so far. The divisional round is up next, beginning tomorrow.
With the playoffs comes awards season, and we shouldn’t expect any Big League honors to be going to an Athletic. Esteury Ruiz and Ryan Noda were in the Rookie of the Year conversation earlier in the season, but since then they’ve since been briskly outpaced by the likes of the Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson.