Even in a loss, the A’s have plenty to feel positive about right now when it comes to their young players.
Jharel Cotton, obtained from the Dodgers in the Josh Reddick-Rich Hill deal in July, continued to wildly impress and rookies Ryon Healy and Bruce Maxwell homered Monday in Oakland’s 4-2 loss to the Astros.
Cotton has made three starts for the A’s and he has not allowed more than one earned run in any of them. He’s one of five Oakland pitchers to give up no more than one earned run in each of his first three career starts, joining Alan Wirth, Mike Norris, John Henry Johnson and Rich Harden.