Evaluation Day: It’s Time to Start Weeding Out This A’s Roster

The House Always Wins Media Network | A’s Baseball Podcasts · Aug 31, 2026 · 50m

The A’s came into Baltimore riding back-to-back series wins and promptly got swept, losing 4-3 in 10 innings, 5-3, and 8-5. The pitching once again became the story, with Jeffrey Springs getting crushed while continuing to receive starts, the offense leaving 25 runners on base, and the defense committing four errors. Meanwhile, the A’s repeatedly created opportunities and then found ways to leave them sitting there. At this point, Hobbs isn't pretending this is just another bad series. The season has become Evaluation Day.

So who deserves to be part of what's next? Hobbs has plenty to say…