The Oakland Athletics sit one game over .500 and find themselves in first place in the American league west. Great news right? Well, maybe.
The season is barely a week old and there is still a lot of baseball left to be played. The biggest test they faced was in the previous series versus the Seattle mariners. Despite clutch hitting and plenty of offense, the bullpen could not hold late leads and the A’s dropped two games. Following this series against the Houston Astros comes an even greater test against the defending west champions the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.