Mark Canha is on fire. On Friday night, the 1B/OF clubbed his eighth home run of the year. It was his sixth home run in his first nine games since returning from the Injured List on May 13.
The A’s will need Canha to produce in the absence of designated hitter Khris Davis, who was placed on the IL on Friday with a lingering oblique/hip contusion. And if he continues to hit a homer almost every day, the A’s will be thrilled.
But he probably won’t, and a closer look at the numbers paints a puzzling picture.