Opening Series Gives A’s Much To Be Hopeful Around

On pace for around 120 HRs. | Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Once you win 2 of the first 3, settling for a series split seems unsatisfying even if you went in thinking a split would be acceptable. So the A’s may not have boarded the charter back to Sacramento filled with jublilation and high fives.

But what 2025’s opening series showed was far more positives than not and should leave fans very optimistic about the A’s chances to compete in the AL West. The backdrop to the...