Athletics Nation · Apr 10, 2023
Elephant Rumblings: Reinforcements desperately needed
Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
Congratulations! If you are reading this, you survived a weekend of very ugly baseball. The A’s were consistent: they lost to the Rays 11-0 on both Saturday and Sunday in a dizzying display of bad pitching, worse defense, and no offense. At 2-7, the A’s are tied with the Detroit Tigers for the worst record in baseball, and the team’s ERA of 7.54 is both astonishingly bad and the highest mark in MLB.
As if all that isn’t bad enough, one of the A’s top power bats, Seth Brown, was placed on the IL yesterday. Something has got to give.