After dropping two very winnable games, the A’s are now 16-20. That’s not a great number, worse when you consider the A’s ability to compete is largely affected by their ability to start strong and not sell at the deadline. However, they’re not out of it by any stretch of the imagination and it only takes a slight stretch to imagine them in it. So what do we really have with the A’s? Some factors in their attempt at defying the odds.
The Astros are wrecking everything
It’s not the Angels?
The bad part
The A’s have 16 wins; the Astros are 14 games above .