One of the Oakland A’s biggest questions entering the 2017 season was whether Andrew Triggs would make it as a starting pitcher. He’d looked good in a brief audition last summer after converting from the bullpen, but was that a sign of things to come or simply a mirage?
We won’t know the full answer until later in the year, but the early returns are good. Triggs has made two starts and he’s yet to allow an earned run, and Wednesday he shut down the Royals for six scoreless frames en route to an 8-3 A’s victory. So far, so good.