The A’s inserted Raul Alcantara into the rotation when Sonny Gray went down with a lat strain during spring training.
Hello, opportunity.
On the eve of Alcantara’s season debut in Texas, the soft-spoken pitcher from Barahona, Dominican Republic, appeared confident and composed at his Coliseum locker, eager to prove himself as an integral part of the A’s.
“I just want to show them they can trust me, that they can have confidence in me, and that I can go out there and do my job,” Alcantara said Thursday through interpreter Juan Dorado.