The Oakland A’s have scored 4.90 runs per game this season, which ranks 15th in the majors and slightly above the league average of 4.77. Their 101 wRC+ ranks 12th in the bigs. Both of those are notable steps backward from 2018, when they ranked top-5 in both categories, but they’re at least holding their own on offense.
It’s not hard to see why the A’s have declined with the bat. Jed Lowrie is gone after an All-Star year, Matt Olson missed the first month of the season, and Khris Davis and Stephen Piscotty have posted mediocre numbers.