After holding their major-league rotation members out of early Cactus League play, the A’s will begin working those starters into games Wednesday. Right-hander Chris Bassitt will be the first of Oakland’s projected Opening Night rotation to pitch in a spring game, manager Bob Melvin said. Bassitt will start Wednesday against the Brewers at Hohokam Stadium.
The A’s are trying out a virtual reality tool that allows hitters to simulate live at-bats against pitchers, manager Bob Melvin said Sunday. Some MLB teams and players have embraced the practice in recent years. The Dodgers and Mets reportedly were using the technology in 2019 and the Cardinals’ Paul Goldschmidt last season.
Oakland acquired shortstop Elvis Andrus, closer Trevor Rosenthal and DH Mitch Moreland, and there are reasons to believe they’ll play up to or even outperform their predecessors — Semien, Liam Hendriks and Khris Davis — in 2021. Of course, this wasn’t a singular deal as much as a series of moves conducted late in the offseason that altered the nucleus of the roster and went a long way to keeping the A’s competitive in the American League West.
No | Player | Pos |
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40 | P | |
63 | P | |
35 | P | |
50 | P | |
73 | P | |
67 | P | |
71 | P | |
66 | P | |
41 | P | |
32 | P | |
56 | P | |
44 | P | |
55 | P | |
47 | P | |
36 | P | |
33 | P | |
19 | P | |
54 | P | |
47 | P | |
46 | P | |
62 | P | |
36 | P | |
70 | P | |
57 | P |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
30 | C | |
37 | C | |
12 | C |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
17 | SS | |
15 | 1B | |
26 | 3B | |
39 | SS | |
18 | 1B | |
28 | 1B | |
18 | 2B |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
13 | CF | |
49 | CF | |
20 | LF | |
31 | RF | |
5 | LF | |
22 | CF | |
25 | RF | |
1 | CF |