With just 6 weeks left in the marathon that is the 162-game MLB regular season, let’s take a look at how the Cal Baseball alumni are faring in the 2018 season.
All stats and team records are at the end of August 19th, 2018. I am also using the fWAR from FanGraphs. For batters, I am including the slash lines of batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage for batters.
Very much in contention
Oakland A’s (74-50, currently in position for the 2nd Wild Card, 1 GB in AL West)
The Oakland Athletics had the chance to take 1st place in the AL West over the defending World Series champs Houston Astros on Sunday if they were able to sweep the 3 game series; alas, they instead have to settle for just winning the series.