The A’s aren’t off to a great start by any measure. At four games under .500, they’re 6.5 games out of first place in the division already. The most likely path to contention for this A’s team involved starting hot and bringing in reinforcements as the season progressed.
That hasn’t happened, and worse, there are some alarmingly bad starts for the A’s outside of their numerous injuries. How serious are some of these difficult beginnings?
Liam Hendriks
For the second consecutive year, Liam Hendriks has been decidedly meh during the early going. For the second consecutive year, his velocity has been down.