Elephant Rumblings: A’s make their Rule 5 pick

Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesHappy Thursday guys! The weekend is within reach.

Even though the MLB Draft lottery didn’t go the A’s way (again), luckily the Rule 5 Draft hasn’t shifted to the lottery system. That means, since the A’s had the worst record in the league, the team was guaranteed to pick first. And they made that pick yesterday afternoon.

The Athletics took Triple-A pitcher Mitch Spense from the New York Yankees, plucking a possible starting pitching option away from New York. The team has already said that they plan to give Spence a chance to win a starting job come spring:

A’s GM David Forst said Mitch Spence will come into Spring Training with a good…