Henderson Alvarez hasn’t talked to the A’s media for a couple of months now, not because of any Trump-ish view of the media, but simply because there hasn’t been much to say.
With a month and a half left in the season, that’s changing. The right-handed starter on whom the A’s had high hopes sat down Saturday and talked to me about his optimism that despite everything, he would pitch for the A’s this season.
And if that means pitching in relief for the first time since 2011, he’s cool with that.
“I wouldn’t go against what the manager wants to do,” the Venezuelan-born Alvarez said through an interpreter.