“I’m looking forward to Saturday and once we start playing games and getting a chance to lay my eyes all off the guys we’ve acquired this offseason,” A’s manager Mark …
In just over 12 months since Chris Bassitt was sent to the New York Mets, signaling the start of a major organizational overhaul, the A’s have acquired 27 players in 10 different trades.
The A’s have attempted to address all their positions with the trades of stars such as Bassitt, Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Frankie Montas, Sean Manaea and Sean Murphy, but nearly half of the players they’ve received in return were pitchers. Two of their significant offseason additions were adding hard-throwing right-handerfrom Japan and bringing Drew Rucinski back stateside after he pitched four seasons in South Korea.
It’s a crowded group vying for spots in the rotation and bullpen as the A’s look to improve from last season’s 60-102 finish. Only the 108-loss season in 1979 was worse since the franchise moved to Oakland.
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