Inside the Oakland Athletics · May 18, 2015
Semien strikes Gallego as being tough mentally on errors
Marcus Semien gets high marks from A’s infield coach Mike Gallego for the way he’s handled his error problems.There is some good news about Marcus Semien’s defensive work this season. Really.
Mike Gallego, the A’s third base coach, handles the club’s infielders, and while Semien now has a league-worst 14 errors after one was reinstated on him Monday, Gallego is happy with the way Semien has handled himself through it all.
“A streak like this could break players; it’s happened,’’ Gallego said. “But you look at Marcus and it seems that he’s taking it in stride.