Jeffrey

Springs

Springs struck out four, raising his ERA to 6.08. The lefty has now given up five or more runs in five of his past six starts. He wasn’t great in his first season with the A’s last year, but his performance lately has been much worse. The A’s host the Nationals coming out of the All-Star break. That makes Springs an easy sit for any deep-league managers desperate enough to consider him.

The Dodgers brought two runs in to score against Springs in the first inning on two hits, a walk, and a sacrifice fly. Tommy Edman then got to Springs in the third with a three-run blast. A solo homer by Miguel Rojas in the sixth would bring in a sixth run before Spring departed with one out at 92 pitches. The 33-year-old left-hander ends the day with a 5.79 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and an 80/33 K/BB ratio across 93 1/3 innings.

It was one-run through five, but while facing the top of the lineup for the third time, he allowed a walk and a single with one out in the sixth. He was pulled then and both runners came around to score after he left. It makes one wonder why Mark Kotsay left him in the game in the first place if he didn’t trust him to carry on at 87 pitches, especially since his next batter was a lefty he’d already retired twice in Rafael Devers. Springs wasn’t involved in the decision today, but he has dropped seven in a row after opening the season 3-0. Even with the late runs scoring, this still rates as his best outing in June. He’ll take a 5.52 ERA into his next start against the Dodgers.

Springs continues to struggle, and with the Athletics (somehow) in playoff contention, one has to wonder if his rotation spot could be in jeopardy. He’s now allowed 21 runs over his last four starts, and he’s sporting an ugly 5.35 ERA on the campaign that shows it hasn’t just been the last month. He’ll try and get back on track against the Giants next week in San Francisco, but to say he’s off the fantasy radar right now is quite the understatement.

Springs allowed three of the the six homers the A’s gave up with the artists formerly known as Oakland allowing 23 runs in the contest. It’s another unimpressive outing for the southpaw, and he’s allowed 15 runs over the last three outings while seeing his ERA balloon up to 5.13 and his record fall to 3-7. He’ll try and get on track against the Angels on Friday, but that start will take place in Sacramento as well.

Springs allowed a pair of homers and six other hard-hit balls in an outing that might have been a little better in neutral park, but probably not by overly much. He should fare better against the Rockies on Sunday, but he’s not a mixed-league option at the moment.

Springs could not hold the early lead his offense granted him. Home runs by Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong plus a run-scoring triple from Michael Busch and a heap of other hard-hit balls between them forced Springs to hit the showers early. Both his bullpen and lineup picked him up though, so he didn’t get saddled with the loss. Proceed with caution ahead of a two-start week for Springs against the Brewers and Rockies, with both starts coming at home.

The unearned runs came in the first after Jeff McNeil’s error with two outs extended the inning for Rob Refsnyder to hit a three-run homer. However, things never would have gotten started in the first place if Springs hadn’t been slow to cover first base on J.P. Crawford’s infield single to begin the inning. Springs struck out seven on the day. His ERA dropped ever so slightly to 4.07, but he’s now 3-6 this season. He’ll face the Cubs at Wrigley next week.

It sounds like a matchup-driven decision as the Athletics are handing the ball to a pair of left handers in top pitching prospect Gage Jump and veteran Jeffrey Springs for the final two games of their current series against the Mariners. Severino will take the ball on extra rest against his former organization later this week in West Sacramento.

Springs struck out three batters in the ballgame while issuing three free passes. Unfortunately for him, all three of the hits that he allowed left the yard — with Manny Machado belting a two-run shot in the opening inning while Nick Castellanos and Ramon Laureano added solo homers in the fifth and seventh respectively. Springs got 11 whiffs on 95 pitches on the night, registering a CSW of 26 percent. He’ll look to get back in the win column as he brings a 4.11 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and a 50/19 K/BB ratio (61 1/3 innings) into Wednesday’s matchup against the Mariners.