The Oakland A’s 2017 season is nearly half over, but the youth movement officially reached full swing on Saturday. The A’s began the day by calling up their top prospect, infielder Franklin Barreto, and their lineup featured three rookies who are so new that they haven’t even homered yet in the big leagues. Then all three of them went deep in the same game.
They wasted no time getting going. Standing in as the second batter of the day, RF Matt Olson blasted a two-run shot to give the A’s a lead in the 1st inning.