The Oakland Athletics’ season is derailed by injuries, with manager Mark Kotsay describing the situation as unlike anything he has seen in his baseball career. Kotsay says the team loses multiple key players early, including from among its top opening-day lineup, and that the absences last for extended stretches.
Kotsay’s comments center on how unusual the injury impact is: he points to games missed by several of the Athletics’ top regulars, noting that they are not just brief sidelined periods. One outlet reports Kotsay’s view that it is rare for a roster to lose its top players for 60-plus games, and frames the situation as more disruptive than what he recalls from his previous managerial experience and time as a player.
