SEATTLE – For as impressive a start to the season as Shea Langeliers is off to, his one bugaboo, somewhat surprisingly, has been struggles facing left-handers, something he excelled at in 2025.
As he showed Tuesday, though, it’s much too early to read into splits. Righty or lefty, if Langeliers is up in a big spot, the Athletics have come to expect him to come through, and he did just that in the seventh against lefty Gabe Speier by launching a solo shot into the seats just to the right of center field at T-Mobile Park to provide the A’s some breathing room in an eventual 5-2 victory.
Homering for a second straight day, Langeliers is now up to eight home runs for the season, tied for fourth-most in MLB.
Playing in the house where Cal Raleigh emerged as the top catcher in baseball last year, the A’s slugging backstop continues to statistically perform as the top catcher in MLB so far in ‘26. He leads all catchers (min. 80 at-bats) in homers, batting average (.312), on-base percentage (.379), slugging (.613) and OPS (.992).
The first-place A’s (13-11) secured a series win over their divisional foes and will have a chance to sweep Seattle on Wednesday.