In the last five days the A’s have lost their No. 2 starter, who also happens to have the league’s best ERA, their full-time utility player and their closer.
Think there might be a few jobs up for grabs with Oakland?
There are.
The first man to get a crack at taking over in the rotation for Scott Kazmir will be Aaron Brooks, the right-handed pitcher picked up Tuesday as part of the Ben Zobrist trade with the Royals.
Brooks has mostly pitched at Triple-A, but he’s made two starts with Kansas City this year and he had two games, one start, in May of 2014 as well.