Zack Gelof

He could be ready for opening day, but it'll be close.

Zach Gelof had a similar surgery in September of last year, and he returned to baseball activities in mid-March.

And every player is differently.

Every player responds differently to surgery, and treatment, and rehab, and all that kind of stuff.

Doesn't matter.

Just in terms of like, in terms of regurgitating things, the th- the first thing that jumped out to me in terms of what I wanted to, to be anonymous about today essentially is the lack of awareness which plays into the IQ aspect of what your point was really making, is that like, you, you were taking a runner off the bases for your best offensive player in 2026 by looking at Zach Gelof who's, what, 15, 20 feet off the bag.

You're 90 feet away from the bag too, buddy.

Like, are you gonna beat him in a foot race from second to third when he's, sure, maybe on the cut of the grass from outfield to third base, and even if the throw comes across, I think he's still out either way if he just continues running on through.

And that was who the A's really got the big runs against.

Gelof hit a home run.

So excited to see Zach Gelof over a whole season.

Butler hits a home run to make it 2-0.

And then the Mariners come.

They would have been four games out of a playoff spot, which is absurd.

Then Johnny Parada challenged a pitch that was horrible.

Zach Gelof walks, knocks in a run.

I was actually thinking they were swinging out their ass.

Zach Gelof was kind of swinging out his ass, but he connected.

What are we going to do? Lopez came out for the second.

Julio Rodriguez, he gets a starter for Seattle with a single.

He was everywhere.

Zach Gelof, same story, had two stolen bases yesterday.

And Sacramento just controlled the base pass.

Like it felt like an auto steal as soon as they got the first or on base at that because they stole third on a couple of different occasions.

Jeff McNeil, the veteran, playing first.

Once again, batting two.

Zach Gelof, three-bag.

Lawrence Butler in the four-hole.

Butler.

Gelof, Cortez, who's been a thorn in the side of Blue Jays pitching throughout this series.

You've got White at first, Max Muncy DH-ing, Walton at second, Servin catching, Williams at shortstop.

And again, if you've missed the first two games, a very makeshift Lineup here for this athletics team.

Jeff McNeil, a veteran, playing one bag.

Then you got Zach Gelof, Lawrence Butler, Carlos Cortez, Max Muncy, not to be confused with Max Muncy of the Dodgers, Donovan Walton, Alika Williams, and Jonah Heim of Buffalo doing the catching here for Sacramento.

Again, 57-87 is Sacramento.

So very winnable.