MESA, Ariz. – When the A’s assemble en masse Sunday for the first time in 2017, it will be time for Matt Joyce see first-hand a team that he says has potential “through the roof.”
That may seem a stretch for a team that has finished last in the American League West in back-to-back seasons. Joyce, however, is nothing if not positive.
“This is a team that is trying to make it to the playoffs,” Joyce said. “It’s a long season, and you have to do an extraordinary amount of work to take care of yourself and keep yourself healthy, but it’s part of the work.