Opening Series Preview: Angels @ A’s (Baseball is back!)

Source: www.halosheaven.com --- Wednesday, March 28, 2018
It’s Sho-Time on Sunday (Hey I haven’t used that phrase yet - there’s my one allowance) The long cold winter is over! Well, at least in some parts of the country. I’m sure the Angels are happy to not be opening in Seattle where temps will be in the 40s and 50s all weekend or Detroit where it could be 50s and rainy. It’s going to be a cold and wet opening weekend for some teams but the Angels get the pleasure of playing in Oakland where the temps will be in the 70s for highs and no rain in the forecast. So here we are, all set to start the season and play the Athletics for a 4 game set and the start of 7 games out of their first 10 to start the season. Should be a walk in the park, right? Well, it SHOULD equate to an above .500 start to the season although they do have a series with Cleveland sandwiched in between. Last year, the Angels beat the A’s 12 games to 7 and outscored them 96-83. Not a super dominant showing, but Angels were only a .500ish team in 2017. The A’s made a lot of changes going into this season so could be unpredictable. Buckle up! (Note: As of this posting, all the A’s pitchers after Graveman are “probable”. I’ll update this preview if any of the below change.) GAME 1 Garrett Richards v. Kendall Graveman Thursday, March 29th @ 1:05PM Pitcher vs. Batters Relevant Stats Summary: Garrett Richards is back and ready for his first (hopefully) full season since 2015. He’s looked sharp this spring with a 2.84 ERA and ...

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