Frank Schwindel homers in first A’s at-bat

SCHWING-del Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images By the time the ball landed, it was nothing but dust in the wind.

It was all the way back in 2013 that Frank Schwindel was drafted out of college by the Kansas City Royals. He toiled through six minor league seasons before making his MLB debut on Opening Day 2019, but two weeks and 1-for-15 with a single later he was back in Triple-A, and a month after that the Royals released him.

After a brief tour in the Tigers farm system, Schwindel found his way to the Oakland A’s organization last winter as a spring non-roster invitee. The right-handed first baseman had a reputation for small strikeout rates and big power, always a promising combo,…