At their current pace the A's would finish 34-128 and are coming off the most April losses in MLB history

     After two years of trading away their best players and re-stocking the roster with journeymen veterans and mid-level prospects, the A’s roster has the look of an expansion team. And they are playing like one.

    They are 6-23 after 29 games, being outscored by historic proportions, lacking so much as a single victory from a starting pitcher and still looking for back-to-back wins as a team. After a 5-4 walk-off victory Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds, the A’s will be gunning for that elusive two-game winning streak Tuesday when they open a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners.

    A long, dreary season was universally expected, what with all the trades leaving a payroll of about $59 million, by far the lowest in the baseball, and a farm system that has mostly failed to produce any prospects to build around. But this is worse than even the least encouraging projections.

    Little-known fact: The 1916 Philadelphia A’s have the lowest winning percentage in the modern era at .235. The ‘62 Mets’ winning percentage was .250; the A’s are at .207