It’s hard to believe it’s been three weeks. Baseball Historians had some system wide problems that prevented me from posting but not a whole lot has changed during that time. The A’s now hover a game above .500 and they sit tied with the Mariners and just two games back of the Angels. Not ideal, but also not completely horrible.
Of course the big story has been Jack Cust, who’s hit six homeruns in the last seven games. I want to take a closer look at Jack Cust so you know where he came from.
Dan Haren has been the hard luck pitcher because despite an awesome 1.64 ERA and a 48/14 strikeout to walk ratio, he sits at just 3-2 on the season. In his last start a couple of days ago, he threw eight shutout innings yet the A’s still lost. Joe Blanton has also done a nice job so the pitching has been there. The injury to Huston Street will hurt but hopefully the rest of the pen can get the job done.
Still, the A’s need to win this afternoon just to salvage a split with the Royals, who have the worst record in the American League so you can look at this as a blown chance. After this, is the annual battle of the bay with a three game interleague series against the struggling Giants before the A’s hit the road. The Angels have to contend with a tough Dodgers team so this weekend is the time to make a move.
