The A’s have got themselves a good ol’ roster crunch. They are well stocked at every position, in quantity if not always quality. However, there are three players on the bubble for the Opening Day squad who are out of minor league options and thus don’t have the luxury of being optioned to Triple-A if they don’t make the cut out of spring: “Starters”-but-more-likely-relievers Raul Alcantara and Jesse Hahn, and third-baseman-lol-jk-DH Renato Nunez.
The three players in question are remarkably similar. Each are tweeners at their positions, with Alcantara and Hahn lacking the arsenal for the rotation and the command to be stud relievers, while Nunez’s defensive chops stop him from having an obvious home.