The 2015 Oakland Athletics have lost in a lot of different ways. They’ve been shutout, they’ve lost games 1-0 and they’ve given up more unearned runs than you can count, but the biggest issue of the year was highlighted on Wednesday afternoon when they lost to the Orioles after giving up a grand slam in the tenth inning.
Over the last three seasons of success, the bullpen has been the one place that has seen constant success. Coming out of 2012 Spring Training, Grant Balfour beat out the incumbent closer Brian Fuentes.