A second straight 100-loss season is inevitable for the Oakland Athletics, but if you look hard enough, you can see improvements with the on-field product. The A’s have promoted several of their top prospects, who have added some passion along with some much-needed talent to the roster. Oakland clinched a series win with a 2-1 victory over the Angels Saturday and have lost just one series over their last four. That is going to get put to the test over the next 10 days when they face Toronto, Texas and Houston in succession.
The A’s were just 9-18 in August, but are 7-5 over their last 12 games and have yet to lose in September.