The Oakland A’s avoided a sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles last weekend, and now they’ll get a chance for a fresh start in a new series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Monday’s opener at the Coliseum brings the return of Marcus Semien, the longtime A’s shortstop who moved up north last winter to play second base for Toronto. He’s off to a solid start, but more in line with his 2016-18 baseline than his 2019 MVP-level breakout.
The top of the Blue Jays lineup (Biggio, Bichette, Guerrero) is like the days before the internet and global media, when other countries wouldn’t get American TV shows on their local networks until years later and vice versa.