This team is not going to sit back comfy and settle for just a wild card slot. The Oakland A’s keep increasing the space between us and Seattle, while Houston only lurks a tantalizing five games away. Can we catch them? Why not?
We have to bring up the sad stuff and mention that Daniel Gossett became the fourth A’s player just this year to undergo Tommy John surgery. (Joining Kendall Graveman, Jharel Cotton and A.J. Puk) Hope all the best to the whole group of them; it’s never fun seeing a talented group of young guys have to try and come back from such a rough surgery.