OAKLAND — The A’s roster has turned over, multiple times, since Josh Donaldson was traded after the 2014 season.
The link remains for the three-time All-Star however. That gets reinforced every time he returns to the Coliseum and sees familiar coaches, familiar faces in the stands.
It doesn’t stop him from inflicting damage on his old team. The 2015 American League MVP had been relatively quiet for most of three games at the Coliseum. But it wouldn’t feel like an A’s-Blue Jays series if he didn’t factor into a storyline, would it?
The moment came in the 10th inning, when Donaldson launched a pitch from A’s reliever Frankie Montas high and deep into the afternoon sky.