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Which Oakland A’s deserve 2021 All-Star consideration?
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The All-Star Game is coming! MLB skipped this process last year during the pandemic, despite continuing with every other type of award and honor they usually bestow in a full season, but the popularity contest is back for 2021. The game will be played July 13.
That’s less than three weeks away, and the fan voting process is already well underway to decide the starting lineups. Obviously no Oakland A’s will be factors in the national fan voting, but several players deserves serious consideration for reserve roles. The following eight players have numbers that can’t be ignored:
The A’s averaged five runs per game on the first six dates of this road trip, and today it was enough for a win because both the rotation and bullpen also held strong.
ABC: Ace Bassitt, Chris
At this point,
Chris Bassitt has become a nearly guaranteed quality start every time he takes the mound. In his first 15 outings, nine met the definition of quality and four more just missed by a run or an inning. Ten times he’s allowed exactly two runs, and never more than four.
Today was even better than usual, as he cut that run total down to one. The Rangers couldn’t figure him out at all, as they only hit the ball hard twice against him in seven innings. His control wavered at times, with three walks and a HBP and some long counts along the way, but otherwise Texas had no answers against him.