The preseason talk about the A’s was blunt and brutal. They would lose 90 games, easy. They still may lose 90, but based on what they have done so far, that seems unlikely.

They can’t really hit and sometimes they don’t pitch so well, but they remain around .500, and, with their payroll and unknown players, that is enormous. I mean no irony in that statement.

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