When Matt Olson, Sean Murphy and the Braves play the A’s in late May, as many as six of the eight players Oakland received in those trades might be on the roster.
Opening Day is finally here, and the rebuilding A’s are eager to put last season’s 102-loss performance behind them and get back into the thick of the AL West title mix.
If an A’s-Angels season opener in Oakland seems familiar, it should. This will be the fifth time in seven seasons the Angels play their first game of a season in Oakland. . Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is pitching against the As on Opening Day and new A’s right-hander Shintaro Fujinami is scheduled to make his debut in Game 2, but watch out for a matchup between the two former Japanese high school rivals later in the season.
Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez, right, attempts to steal third base but Oakland Athletics third baseman Sheldon Neuse, left, is able to tag him out during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Seattle. Nobody has contributed more material to the A’s organizational rebuild than the Braves, who have sent eight players to Oakland in trades since last March.
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