If you've read my articles so far this season, you many have noticed that I'm a strong believer in the Oakland A's being a good, underestimated team. I'm thinking their good start will continue to go overlooked until they're still playing this well after 30 or 40 games.
A 7-4 start is good, but with such a small sample size, what critic will be deterred by an 11-game record?
The given coming into the season was that the A's had a good-to-formidable pitching staff, and a defense designed to give an extra cushion for the pitching.
The pitching has been phenomenal. In fact, after 11 games the starting pitchers have yet to record a loss, and the team ERA of 2.77 is second in the AL only to the Texas Rangers, who've recorded an ERA of 2.67.
As expected, Brett Anderson is off to a good start&md ...
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Article written by Robert Slye Jr.
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