Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Frankie Montas was cruising along this summer, building big value ahead of baseball's Aug. 2 trade deadline.
He topped most everybody’s list of best available hurlers this summer. Then he reached back for his fastball Sunday at Seattle and couldn’t find it.
With his velocity lagging, he left his start against the Mariners after just one inning. That triggered alarms in an already underwhelming marketplace for rotation help.
