OAKLAND, Calif. -- It was just three seasons ago that the Los Angeles Angels won the American League West and the Oakland A's finished second, earning a wild-card playoff berth.
Since then, the A's have owned the West's cellar with 68 wins in 2015 and 69 in 2016. The Angels, meanwhile, sank to third place in 2015 and fourth last year, when they went 74-88 and finished 21 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers, who won their second division title in a row.
The A's and Angels will face each other Monday on Opening Night at the Oakland Coliseum in the first game of a four-game series.