OAKLAND — The unofficial second half of the baseball season is days away, and the A’s, sitting with a 50-41 record, are primed for a run at the postseason.
They’ll take on the Chicago White Sox at home just 1.5 games back of the Cleveland Indians for the second wild-card spot and 7.5 games back of the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West.
It all feels familiar — the A’s needed to win 97 games for the second wild card in 2018.
All the A’s do is hit, it seems, but how can the pitching staff keep up for the second half?