After trading away Sonny Gray midseason last year, the Athletics pitching staff was left with lots of projectable young talent but no solid contributors. Sean Manaea might be the only pitcher of the bunch with a true prospect pedigree but there’s a lot of potential to be found elsewhere. All of that latent talent needs to be leveraged properly. The Athletics find themselves hoping that enough of these pitchers take big enough steps forward all at the same time. That kind of boom or bust strategy doesn’t project very well in 2018 but could pay off in a few seasons.
2018 AL West Preview: The Athletics’ Pitching Staff
