In the upcoming weeks, I will be looking at the areas of improvement the Oakland Athletics need to address during the off-season. In order to put themselves in a better position to contend next year, there are some glaring holes within their lineup as well as defense that could be filled without emptying their wallets – because we all know they wouldn’t do that anyways.
First up: Second Base.
The A’s this season have seen a sub par amount of production come from this position throughout the entirety of the 2015 campaign. The combination of Ben Zobrist (125 at-bats and now gone), Brett Lawrie (108 at-bats), and primarily Eric Sogard (292 at-bats) has hit .