Elephant Rumblings: The struggle is real

Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!

‘Twas another day and another unceremonious pounding for the Athletics yesterday, this time in the Great White North of Toronto, Canada. After a promising start last week, Jacob Lopez got hammered by the Blue Jays yesterday. This underscores the fact that the A’s are in deep crisis when it comes to pitching.

The A’s have now lost 18 of their last 20 games. The offense has certainly underwhelmed lately as well, but it is the pitching that is really killing this team. Through the last 30 games, the A’s pitchers have posted an ERA of 6.40. That makes them the worst in MLB by far over the past month—even the Rockies have a substantially “better” ERA of 5.66 through…