Elephant Rumblings: A’s look to gain traction in AL West against Rangers

MLB news roundup

Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!

I hope you had a happy Easter weekend; perhaps you were busy with an egg hunt while the A’s played perhaps their sloppiest road game of the season so far in Milwaukee.

I watched most of Saturday’s tenacious victory and noted that being about one eighth through the season, Tyler Soderstrom, Brent Rooker, and Shea Langeliers are all on pace to hit at least about 40 home runs. That’s pretty sweet—I expect Lawrence Butler will be in the mix before long.

All those dingers underscore the fact that this Athletics team has a lot of talent—along with some deep flaws on defense that were as abundantly clear as ever in yesterday’s four-error debacle.

Despite some unsightly stumbles, the A’s are pretty close to playing .500 ball and just three games out of the AL West leading Texas Rangers, whom the A’s will face in a three game series in Sacramento that begins tomorrow.

The A’s are but a sweep away from standings parity with the Rangers, but the green and gold are nevertheless presently in last place in a very clustered divisional race. AN’s own Blogfather has a rundown on how the competition is looking so far.

The general consensus coming into this season has been that the A’s could very plausibly get back to playing .500 or better ball, but will likely remain a longshot for the postseason. This could be the case, but the AL West looks pretty up for grabs right now. Let’s see if the A’s can’t up the slope of their trend line this week with some overdue success at Sutter Health Park.

A’s Coverage:

• Sizing Up The AL West At The 1/8 Mark
• A’s drop series finale to Brewers 14-1
• A’s beat Brewers 3-1 behind Severino’s strong start
• A’s fall to Brewers 5-3
• A’s roster moves: Jacob Lopez recalled, Jason Alexander optioned
• Springs (hamstring) exits game, hopes he’ll ‘be good to go’

MLB News & Interest:

• Luis Arraez Carted Off Field After Collision At First Base
• 10 former Top 100 prospects taking flight in 2025
• Snitker addresses Acuña Jr.’s since-deleted critical social media post
• Brewers swipe 6 bases in 1st inning, set club record for steals in a game
• Dodgers Activate Shohei Ohtani, Designate Eddie Rosario For Assignment
• Elly’s Superman impression helps spark historic 24-run rout
• Today in Baseball History

Best of X:

Injury updates.

Raleigh pulls even w/ Sodie.

Good to see Liam back in the saddle.

Bro..