{"id":861346,"date":"2026-08-19T23:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861346\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:14:22","slug":"what-are-the-next-steps-for-the-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861346\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Next Steps For The A’s?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n By Anthony Franco<\/a> |
\n at August 19, 2026 5:29pm CDT <\/p>\n

The A\u2019s stand alone at the bottom of the MLB standings after Wednesday\u2019s loss to Kansas City (combined with an Angels win over Houston). Their 49-77 showing has them on a 63-win pace. Given their injuries and how poorly they\u2019ve played over the last two months, there\u2019s a decent chance they won\u2019t even get to 60 wins. This will probably be their third 100-loss season in the last five years.<\/p>\n

Even if the A\u2019s didn\u2019t expect a playoff berth, they clearly didn\u2019t anticipate being this bad. They moved on<\/a> from GM David Forst earlier this month \u2014 albeit with a semantic discrepancy between the organization and outside reporting about whether that split was mutual or a firing. In either case, it\u2019s safe to assume there wouldn\u2019t have been a mid-August GM change if things were going well. Longtime assistant GM Dan Feinstein is running the front office on an interim basis. It seems likely owner John Fisher will go outside the organization for a permanent hire.<\/p>\n

What should be the incoming group\u2019s priorities for getting the A\u2019s on track?<\/p>\n


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