Whether you’re a talented prospect in his 20s or a veteran hanging on his his 30s, one baseball truth runs through all threads: this game is difficult to predict solely based on the past.
Let’s look at Lawrence Butler and Seth Brown, two players who have led Oakland’s surge to respectability in the second half of 2024. You could forgive any fan who wanted to give up on either when they hit their nadir.
Butler
“Law” has been so fantastic of late it’s hard to remember how poorly he played in his first go around with the A’s.