Hot hands are the name of the game early in the 2020 MLB season. There’s no long-haul in the 60-game campaign, reducing the patience teams can have with slumping performers and increasing the importance of whoever is on fire right now, helping the team win 2.7 games each day.
For the first-place Oakland A’s, those hot hands have come from the outfield so far, now 15% of the way through the season.
The offense as a whole has been slow to wake up, ranking 27th in the majors in wRC+ (76), runs per game (3.33), and batting average with runners in scoring position (.