Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
Trevor May has been on a good run since the All-Star break and firmly established himself as the A’s closer. Since the Midsummer Classic, he’s converted 12 of 13 save opportunities while posting a 2.16 ERA and 3.02 FIP.
That’s great progress considering that May began the season with a whopping 12.00 ERA through his first eight appearances before spending over a month on the injured list due to anxiety issues.
Trevor has been very open about his struggles through the season, and as Curtis Pashelka at The Mercury News detailed yesterday, by being in the present moment and accepting that good and bad things inevitably come to all of us, the 34-year-old righty has been coping much better.