Despite Sean Manaea’s rotten stretch lately, the A’s have no plans to skip the left-hander’s next turn in the rotation, manager Bob Melvin said Sunday.
Because Manaea threw just 28 pitches in the worst outing of his career Saturday, the light workload essentially equates to being skipped as it is, Melvin pointed out. And the A’s have a day off before Manaea’s next scheduled start at Houston on Friday.
Melvin said that Manaea’s bullpen routine will be adjusted - instead of throwing his bullpen two days after a start, he will go three days later.
“Hopefully, he’ll be a little more refreshed his next time out,” Melvin said.