ARLINGTON, Texas — If you’re a reliever joining the A’s this season, you can expect a heavy workload.
The A’s bullpen has already registered 371 2/3 innings of work this season, good for second-most in the American League (not counting Tampa Bay, which generally starts out the game with a reliever.) Jeurys Familia, the right-hander the A’s acquired from the Mets over the weekend, has already found this out.
Familia had pitched two innings for the Mets once in 40 games this season. He’s already done it twice in his first two outings with Oakland, both scoreless appearances in which he recorded the win, including scoreless eighth and ninth innings in Tuesday’s wack 13-10 comeback victory in extras.