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A's Hot Spring Start Indicad in Supplic in the regular season?

We are a week in spring training games, so it is silly to make repellent forecasts for what can happen in September or not. At the same time, the A's sit in the game of 5: 2 in the Cactus League game and organize the second best record in Arizona, behind the unbeaten Chicago Cubs (8: 0). The Cubs are also the opponent that the A will be exposed to in its first series in Sacramento.

In 2025, the A's will be the trendy choice as a real Dark Horse team, given the upgrades they took around the diamond, and the young talent that could take a step forward this season. The production of a surprise team is certainly there. What helps these thoughts is that the Al West will have taken a step back and a team with 85 victories could win the division.

The A's may not be a team with 90 wins, but there is a world in which they could sniff 85 sniffing.

Does this hot spring training mean something? Well, it is definitely better than 2-5 because the team turns a corner. The short answer is that the current recording does not mean much, but your recording at the end of the camp could be something that you can keep in mind. If the A are successful in the camp, it follows them in the regular season.

Year

Spring record

Regular season record

2024

14-14

69-93

2023

11-17 (last)

50-112

2022

5-10

60-102

2021

16-10

86-76

2019

14-8 (best)

97-65

2018

14-16

97-65

You have to return to 2018 to find a season in which the direction of the A record of A in spring training did not match the end of the regular season over or below the .500 brand. The 14:14 record of last year was a solid indicator that the team would not lose 112 games again.

Here, too, weeks remain on the camp and a bad week could completely turn the current 5: 2 record, but the early returns are in the right direction.

One of the early outstanding Field Lawrence Butler, who collected seven goals in 12 bats, is good for a stroke of 0.583. There are two Home Runs, a double, five RBI and, above all, just a strikeout.

Another funny line is that of Catcher Shea Langeliers, which went in Camp 3-on-8, and all three goals were doubles.

So that the A's can reach where you want to go in 2025, you need Butler to have a season that brings him on the map. He already had his breakout season, but he has to produce in the second half of the 2024 campaign when he was one of the best rackets in baseball.

A strong season of improving Langeliers would also be quite advantageous, but he does not have to have a big leap in its production on the plate afterwards. It is a way to be successful, but it would also be helpful to improve your game to the next level.

The A's believe in themselves this spring, but we have to wait and see if they can shock some people.

Next. After the slow start, Zack finds his stroke gently. After the slow start, Zack finds his stroke gently. dark