Even if things broke right for the A’s all year long, the playoffs were a longshot. No one should be surprised that this team is out of it, especially with the Astros effectively having won the division two months into the year.
We are all still allowed to be annoyed at just how badly this team is blowing it.
Good lord the defense
We’ve talked at length about just how unwatchable this defense is. It’s pretty remarkable how diverse the A’s are in their defensive miscues - most teams stick with booting too many balls or simply not having the range to be effective but the A’s, oh the A’s do all of the above.