Spring Training is a little past its halfway point, and the roster picture is starting to come into view. With injuries and roster cuts abound, we can take a more accurate guess at who will start the season on the 25-man roster. Here’s how the positional battles have broken down thus far.
The pitching staff
Just two short months ago, the A’s pitching depth seemed unreal. There were eight guys with legit claims to a rotation spot and seemingly no obvious way of finding all of them spots. Then, baseball did was baseball does and both Daniel Mengden and Sonny Gray went down with injuries.