A’s pitcher Luis Medina makes idiotic gaffe in season’s new low

Not a lot has gone proper for the A’s this season — however this will likely simply be all-time low.

Within the backside of the second inning throughout Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Nationals, beginning pitcher Luis Medina hurled a 100 mph fastball to Washington shortstop Illdemaro Vargas, then made a slick play, snagging it because it got here again to him.

After that? Medina dedicated a cardinal baseball sin.

The 24-year-old pitcher — a former Yankees prospect — lackadaisically jogged towards first base, permitting Vargas to hurry previous him to the touch the bag a step faster than Medina in a disastrous second that ought to have been a straightforward out.

“What’s [Medina] doing? He by no means went to the bag, he by no means threw it to [Tyler] Soderstrom, and I’ll let you know, [first base coach] Eric Younger Jr. is screaming in delight at Vargas for hustling!” a bewildered Bob Carpenter, the Nationals’ play-by-play commentator mentioned.

Medina, who was a extremely regarded prospect when he was a part of the Yankees’ commerce package deal to amass Frankie Montas, has not been a boon to the A’s probabilities this 12 months.

Medina, who allowed one run in 4 innings, has struggled this season and has 5.31 ERA in 83 innings.

Oakland, which entered Saturday at 33-83, an abysmal .284 profitable share, has an opportunity to be one of many worst baseball groups of all time.

The all-time worst report in baseball historical past is held by the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who gained simply 20 video games and misplaced 134.

The worst Athletics staff of all time was the 1916 Philadelphia A’s, who went 36-117.

To date, not one of the prospects the Yankees gave as much as purchase Montas and Trivino have made a big influence in Oakland.

Ken Waldichuk has a 6.30 ERA in 94.1 innings, JP Sears has a 4.23 ERA in 125.1 innings, and second baseman Cooper Bowman remains to be in Double-A.