Well, I spend all night with the dealer
Tryin' to get ahead
Spend all day at the Holiday Inn
Trying to get out of bed
Oakland has a bad team, but there are degrees of bad...
Consider. The A's are exactly 20 games behind the Yankees and Orioles, who play in a different division, of course. That's pretty bad.
But the A's are also 20 games better than the Chicago White Sox, who also play in a different division. See? Degrees!
The A's best pitcher, by far, is their Closer. Their best player, by far, is their Designated Hitter. This is probably not the best way to go about team building. But at least Miller and Rooker have played very well for them, and both are also years away from free agency. It's not nothing. Rooker does turn 30 in November and there's not a whole lot of young talent in sight, with the possible exception of right fielder Lawrence Butler.
Matchups
Fri 0 Aug - Spence (7-7, 4.40) vs Berrios (9-10, 3.95)
Sat 9 Aug - Bido (2-3, 4.64) vs Ya. Rodriguez (1-4, 3.86)
Sun 10 Aug - Sears (9-8, 4.35) vs Bassitt (9-10, 3.95)
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