“Have better pitching” is not a strategy, it’s a project the front office, scouts, and development coaches, need to work on continuously until the team isn’t 30th in ERA — yes the A’s are currently even a tick worse than the Colorado Rockies, 5.55 to 5.53, thanks to completing their 18th game last night in which they have given up 10 runs or more.
However, some “insta-improve” strategies exist in a world where the manager has a few connected brain cells and the team brass rediscovers the art of being resourceful and clever towards the art of “winning an unfair game”.