SEATTLE - Oakland’s rotation coming out of the All-Star break will start, not surprisingly, with Sonny Gray.
Gray, who last started Wednesday against the White Sox, will be working on eight days of rest when he faces Cleveland on Friday at the Coliseum. He’ll be followed by rookie Paul Blackburn, who has allowed just one earned run in his first two big-league starts, and then left-hander Sean Manaea.
The following two starts aren’t officially scheduled, but it’s likely that Daniel Gossett, who is starting Sunday against Seattle, will work the first game of the Tampa Bay series at the Coliseum, followed by Jharel Cotton.