Elephant Rumblings: A’s Power Ranking Roundup July Edition

Happy Tuesday, Athletics Nation!

We’re a bit over a week into August, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a quick look back to July. The A’s had a truly abysmal June as we detailed last time, but things perked up through July as the Athletics went 14-12. That’s right, we’ve got a winning month on our hands! By nearly tripling the amount of wins, you’d think there would be some higher opinions about the team. According to FanGraphs’ stats, the A’s pitched and batted like a mid-level team.

Let’s see where the baseball world slots the Athletics after July:

Site - Rank (End of June rank)

• MLB.com - 29/30 (30/30)
• ESPN - 29/30 (30/30)
• The Athletic - 29/30 (30/30)
• Sports Illustrated - 27/30 (29/30)
• CBS Sports - 28/30 (30/30)
• theScore - 27/30 (30/30)
• FanGraphs - 28/30 (28/30)

Well. That’s a slight improvement at least. The A’s will have to keep up momentum to raise any further in the ranks, but at least they’re not a near-unanimous league-worst. Now whether that is due to the Athletics’ success, or the continued dive bombing of the Tigers and Nationals is still questionable.

A’s Coverage

• Tatomer: Game #110: Angels blank A’s 1-0
• Kawahara: A’s GM David Forst forecasts a late-season call-up for Shea Langeliers ($)
• Kawahara: A’s Cole Irvin, thriving at home, outdueled by Angels’ José Suarez in 1-0 loss ($)
• Maun: Here’s the latest Pipeline Prospect Team of the Week (Denzel Clarke, Lansing, on team)

MLB News & Interest

• McDaniel: Post-MLB-trade-deadline farm system rankings for all 30 teams
• AP: Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley leaving Boston Red Sox booth after 2022, his 50th season in MLB
• mlb.com: Each team’s biggest question after Trade Deadline
• Clemens: Jacob deGrom Is Back
• Creamer: 2022 MLB Field of Dreams Uniforms Unveiled: Reds, Cubs Throw it Back 100 Years
• Today in Baseball History

Best of Twitter

What’s the group consensus? Think this is true, or did Bieber just buy a hat?

Miss you and your dugout antics, Sean

A quick roster move

We may see Honeywell Jr. yet this year