With the injuries to Jharel Cotton, Paul Blackburn and even the Oakland A’s top prospect A.J. Puk, the role of the team’s number five starter has, by default, fallen upon 25-year-old right-hander Daniel Gossett and today we got our first real look at the kid who will be pitching every fifth day.
It could have been worse, a lot worse. Gossett breezed through the first two innings without issue, getting Joe Panik, Brandon Belt and Buster Posey out quickly in the first inning. He faced just one batter over the minimum through two innings, allowing Brandon Crawford to reach base on a very rare fielding error by second baseman Jed Lowire.