The A's have always been willing to strike out a little (or a lot) if it meant getting on base and hitting for power. But in 2015, the hitters in Oakland are making more contact than ever.
In 2012, the Oakland A's struck out more than any other team in the league. And I don't mean just all the teams in the MLB that year... I mean that the 2012 A's struck out more than any other team in the entire history of the American League. And yet, that team didn't have a historically inept offense by any means; in fact, they were quite a bit above average. The A's realized that strikeouts on offense aren't necessarily completely detrimental to the team, as long as those players that strike out a ton…
