Opening Day is less than a week away, and the Oakland A’s roster is gradually beginning to take shape. There was an especially long list of questions to answer this spring as the club enters a rebuild, and an abbreviated preseason in which to sort it all out thanks to the lockout, but some answers are forming in the tea leaves.
In particular, the starting rotation looks like it’s set, even though it’s not official yet. There are exactly five healthy candidates remaining in camp, so unless another transaction is made, we might be looking at the final list for April 8.