Not just that they started out 3-7, but the way they did it, made it seem like .500 was at the top of the Eiffel Tower while the elevator was being renovated. 3 days later here are the A\u2019s at 6-7 with their pitchers riding a remarkable 26 inning scoreless streak ready to take a shot at .500 this afternoon.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the present. There\u2019s also the past and the future\u2026<\/p>\n
Mason Miller & Leo De Vries<\/p>\n
Two names that shall be forever intertwined as they swapped organizations in a deal that I loved at the time and still adore. But it\u2019s fair to say that if you were just to zoom in on April 11th, 2026 it\u2019s probably at its zenith.<\/p>\n
The trade was not made with the 2026 season in mind but rather the 6 or so years following. But without question the A\u2019s chances of contending right now would be far better with Miller in the bullpen rather that De Vries in AA.<\/p>\n
What Miller is doing right now is historical (if not hysterical). He has faced 24 batters this season and struck out 19 of them and now has a scoreless streak of 28.2 IP dating back to last year. His 2026 pitching line reads like a misprint:<\/p>\n
7.1 IP, 1 hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 19 K. He has struck out 17 of the last 18 batters he has faced, including 8 in a row.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, for those who were incensed that De Vries was optioned to AA to start the season after his great showing there late last season and phenomenal spring training, the fact is he\u2019s not off to a fast start. So far De Vries is hitting just .240\/.387\/.240 in his first 31 PAs, albeit with a solid 6 BB and 6 K (each 19.4 %). A reminder that he is still all of 19.<\/p>\n
ST Stats: What Are They Good For?<\/p>\n
Not much. Here are some (admittedly cherry-picked) examples from 2026, 13 games in:<\/p>\n
Tyler Soderstrom, spring training:.348\/.434\/.761<\/p>\n
Tyler Soderstrom, regular season: .200\/.273\/.300<\/p>\n
Brent Rooker, spring training: .340\/.392\/.745<\/p>\n
Brent Rooker, regular season: .146\/.245\/.293<\/p>\n
Henry Bolte, spring training: .348\/.400\/.630<\/p>\n
Henry Bolte, AAA: .212\/.339\/.404<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Springs: 6.28 ERA, 14.1 IP, 13 hits, 9 BB<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Springs, regular season: 1.47 ERA, 18.1 IP, 8 hits, 6 BB<\/p>\n
JT Ginn, spring training: 10.20 ERA (15 IP, 17 ER)<\/p>\n
JT Ginn, regular season: 3.27 ERA (11 IP, 4 ER)<\/p>\n
Speaking of Ginn, talk about a 180 degree turnaround so far\u2026His cross to bear has been those pesky batters who insist on hitting left-handed. They tattooed Ginn in 2025 to the tune of .340\/.416\/.630, .440 wOBA.<\/p>\n
In 2026, armed with a diving changeup, a cutter boring in on the hands (which I don\u2019t find boring at all), and use of a 4-seamer up in the zone, Ginn has faced 16 LH batters this season and allowed exactly one single and one BB for a .067\/.125\/.067, .101 wOBA line.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s see if Jacob Lopez can keep the scoreless streak going \u2014 or at least not walk 5 batters this time around. Paging the .500 mark: please be on stand-by\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not just that they started out 3-7, but the way they did it, made it seem like .500…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[114420,116117,116118,116119,1613,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-265294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-athletics-analysis","9":"tag-athletics-discussion","10":"tag-athletics-news","11":"tag-athletics-prospects","12":"tag-general","13":"tag-oakland","14":"tag-oakland-headlines","15":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}