All pitch selection info and charts are courtesy of Brooks Baseball. And a bit from MLB Gameday.
After the 2014 season, the Oakland A's infamously traded away four popular All-Stars in an attempt to youthenize their roster. No, that's not a word. Enyoungen their roster? Spell check says no. The A's traded away four popular All-Stars to reload their roster with younger players and look toward the future. It was part of the cycle we've come to expect from the Beane-now-Forst A's, if a year earlier than we anticipated (which itself made it par for the course).