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Elephant Rumblings: Future infield picture coming into focus

Happy Tuesday, all!

He did it again last night. In the win over the Kansas City Royals, rookie second baseman Zack Gelof took the first pitch he saw in the third and launched his ninth home run of the year:

Zack Blast!

106 MPH
428 ft pic.twitter.com/rtB5Bz0smj— Oakland A's (@Athletics) August 22, 2023

That ball was absolutely crushed. The torrid start has now put him in some really rare company in A’s history, regardless of Philly/KC/Oakland:

Most home runs by an Oakland Athletic
(first 32 games of his MLB career):

Zack Gelof, 9
Mitchell Page, 8
Matt Chapman, 7 https://t.