HOUSTON - The A’s will have plenty of starters available this week, so they went the prudent route and placed Sean Manaea on the 10-day disabled list.
Manaea came out of his outing at Anaheim on Wednesday after just two innings because of shoulder tightness, and while he has felt better each day, with Sonny Gray coming off the DL on Tuesday, the A’s can fill in just fine until Manaea is eligible to return from the DL on May 7.
Sunday’s transaction delays the need for a decision on the Oakland rotation, but when Manaea returns, someone else will have to exit, and it’s probably between Sunday’s starter, Jesse Hahn, and rookie Jharel Cotton, who’d been pitching in the No.