MESA, Ariz. — Already lacking rotation depth, the A’s lost another starter to injury Thursday.
Paul Blackburn, penciled in as the fourth starter, will be sidelined indefinitely with forearm tightness. Manager Bob Melvin announced the news Thursday morning and acknowledged that the list of ailing arms is “starting to get fairly significant right now.”
Bob Melvin announces it’s a ‘long shot’ Paul Blackburn will start season and says mounting injuries ‘starting to get fairly significant.’ #Athletics pic.twitter.com/deBaRmNgBX
— Daniel Brown (@mercbrownie) March 22, 2018
Jharel Cotton had season-ending Tommy John surgery Wednesday.