Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
Call me Captain Obvious for saying it again, but A’s rookie second baseman Zack Gelof is off to a phenomenal start to his MLB career. If you put much stock in fWAR, which is probably my favorite catch-all performance metric, Gelof is already flirting with being the A’s bona fide 2023 MVP despite appearing in just 28 of 121 games the A’s have played this season.
Remember Ryan Noda? He was having a terrific rookie campaign before going on the IL with a broken jaw last month. Hopefully he’ll be back at first base soon; Noda leads all A’s in fWAR this year with 1.