It feels like the A’s have been, once again, slightly cursed by the baseball gods. But actually, there are ways in which Oakland has been spared the full potential of the wrath available to said deities. If you’re in a mood to be thankful, you can consider...
- Yes, since the start of spring training the A’s have lost no fewer than 5 starting pitchers off of their ‘top 10’ depth chart: Jharel Cotton, Paul Blackburn, A.J. Puk, Grant Holmes, and Frankie Montas. However, if the depth chart started approximately like
Graveman-Manaea-Triggs-Mengden-Blackburn-Cotton-Gossett-Puk-Montas-Holmes
it’s worth noting that the A’s have been spared all 4 of their top starting pitchers, opening the season with #-1-#2-#3-#4-#7.