TORONTO - The last A’s rookie to homer in three consecutive games before Matt Chapman was....Josh Donaldson, who had many nice words about Chapman on Tuesday after the rookie third baseman’s big night in the series opener.
“That was a nice night,” Oakland’s former third baseman told The Chronicle. “He made some great plays - that double play to make the stop and to still be able to get off the throw, and then that leaping catch at shortstop, those were tough. His athleticism was definitely on display.”
Donaldson has kept tabs on Chapman because he remembers meeting him after Chapman signed as an A’s first-round draft pick in 2014.