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Good morning, Athletics Nation!
We’re almost at the end of a downer of a season. With a pair of games left in the A’s second 100-loss season in over 40 years, things have been pretty dismal as we have kept up with their place in power rankings month-by-month.
As 2022 draws to a close, let’s check in one last time before the A’s are left off the list as only playoff teams get ranked:
Site - Rank (End of August rank)
- MLB.com - 29/30 (29/30)
- ESPN - 29/30 (29/30)
- The Athletic - 29/30 (29/30)
- Sports Illustrated - 29/30 (29/30)
- CBS Sports - 30/30 (27/30)
- theScore - 28/30 (28/30)
- FanGraphs - 30/30 (28/30)
And there you have it. While they spent most of the last few months hanging around 28th or 29th place, the A’s dropped to last place over this last month in a few rankings. The A’s have guaranteed themselves the worst record in the American League, but will miss out on the worst record overall to the Nationals.
Roster Moves, Transactions, and Injuries
A’s Coverage
- Brener: Series preview: A’s close out season vs. Angels
- Hayes: Oakland A’s Lose Bid to Cut Pollution Near Proposed Ballpark ($)
- Ackers: A’s, Oakland miss key ballpark deadline; talks continue in Vegas
- Brazil: A’s stadium location in Las Vegas? (video)
MLB News & Interest
- Stark: MLB awards 2022: MVP and LVP, Cy Young and Cy Yuk, top rookies, and more ($)
- Syzmborski: Evaluating Nolan Arenado’s Opt-Out Clause
- McDaniel: Your guide to the 10 rookies about to take this year’s postseason by storm
- Eisert: High Sliders: Junk or Genius?
- Doolittle: ‘In baseball heaven’: Cardinals honor Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright on epic day in St. Louis
- Today in Baseball History
Best of Twitter
Vogt will get honoured on the last game of the season
The A’s will celebrate Stephen Vogt on Wednesday, Oct. 5, with a special pregame ceremony following the announcement of his retirement.
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) October 3, 2022
A’s are set to have 16.5% odds to get the first pick of the draft
the new draft lottery means teams can't lose for guaranteed better draft position but now like the NBA these teams can still lose for a significantly better chance at the top pick
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 3, 2022
CIN/PIT tied with 3 to go for the best odds to get the #1 pick (alongside WAS/OAK)
via @tankathon: pic.twitter.com/ShC4sPKDMw
Great esteem for the new call up
I can’t find it now but @CollinTheroux posted a photo of one of Mondou’s bats a few years ago. Only had one ball mark on it — on the barrel. Bat control king
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) October 3, 2022
Vogter rocking a pair of HOFers on tv
Stephen Vogt, that is a sick shirt! @KleinschmidtJD #IntentionalTalk pic.twitter.com/Y6eHRbuGMx
— Trevor (@teagletheterror) October 3, 2022
More love for Vogt from the team
The Stephen Vogt shirts the team is wearing today: pic.twitter.com/yjSpUKGjMf
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) October 3, 2022
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