ANAHEIM -- Jonathan Lucroy put his thumb and index finger in front of his face and held the digits an inch apart.
"Small adjustments," the A's veteran catcher said Friday from the visiting clubhouse at Angel Stadium.
The year is young, but in his first season in Oakland, Lucroy looks to be distancing himself from a rough season throwing out baserunners in 2017.
Lucroy threw out five would-be basestealers in Oakland's just-completed series against the Rangers. And on one of those plays in particular, that small adjustment made a huge difference, and has become something that Oakland plans to lean on all season.