The Oakland Athletics missed the postseason for a fourth consecutive season after finishing with a record of 69-93 and fourth in the American League West.
In their last season in Oakland, the team had their third straight losing season.
The A’s will play their home games in Sacramento, California until their new stadium is completed in Las Vegas.
While the team has been poor the past few seasons, one MLB analyst revealed more positive thoughts on the Athletics for 2025.
“From a player development standpoint, they’re starting to enter that window of where they would be competitive,” Melissa Lockard said, via Foul Territory.
The @Athletics could be a contender, says @melissalockard pic.twitter.com/ptBJRBVvGG
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) January 27, 2025
Lockard describes the pattern of Athletics’ history that includes windows of being competitive and windows of not contending.
With the additional money they have to spend, she believes they are using it to add talent in an attempt to be contenders in the 2025 season.
The Athletics haven’t won the AL West since 2020, when they lost in the American League Division Series.
Although the Athletics have nine World Series titles in franchise history, they haven’t won a championship since 1989.
In a division that includes the Houston Astros, it makes sense that the Athletics haven’t won a division title in a while due to the Astros’ dominance.
It will be interesting to see if Lockard is right and if the Athletics can contend in 2025.
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