How Do the Oakland A's Stack Up Against The AL West

How Do the Oakland A’s Stack Up Against The AL West

OAKLAND, CA - JULY 24: Matt Chapman #26 of the Oakland Athletics tags Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels during the game at RingCentral Coliseum on July 24, 2020 in Oakland, California. The Athletics defeated the Angels 7-3. (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images) /

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HOU: Carlos Correa
LAA: José Iglesias
SEA: J.P. Crawford
TEX: Isiah Kiner-Falefa
OAK: Elvis Andrus

The shortstop pool in the AL West is a lot less impressive than the talent at third base. Carlos Correa’s last few seasons haven’t lived up to the lofty expectations he set for himself early in his career.

That said, it seems that his ability offensively is head and shoulders above the rest of the division’s shortstops, especially after Marcus Semien’s free-agent departure.

Second place was a real coin-flip between Jose Iglesias and J.P. Crawford. I gave the edge to Iglesias, potentially because of his recent jaw-dropping web gem. The one anti-Correa vote came from my dad, who might hate the Astros as much as he loves the Oakland A’s. He sighted his bulky frame, inconsistent offense, and help from the Crawford Boxes as reasons not to vote for him and opted to pick the youngster Crawford as his choice.