The present should be a lot better than the past, but perhaps the future is still what holds the most hope for the A’s — Nick Kurtz and Denzel Clarke are off to terrific starts at AAA and if fast forward to a lineup that has Kurtz at 1B and Clarke in CF you might have a team that is suddenly special, not just improved.
But that’s for another day, as the current roster is the current roster. So how are the “first 26” doing? Here’s what the Eyeball Scout has noticed, once in person (Tuesday’s almost respectable loss to the Cubs sandwiched in between two epic clunkers), the rest on TV amidst dogs and chocolate martinis.