So with the official announcement that Aaron Brooks has won the #5 SP gig, the A’s have solidified their 25-man roster and are gearing up to open the season — again — with a 4-game series against the Southern California Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Near LA. Ruminations, reflections, predictions, prognostications, and other nouns that don’t happen to begin with ‘r’ or ‘p’...
Aaron Brooks
Brooks excelled last night in his bid to earn a spot he was on the verge of being handed due to his options status. Now not only is Chris Bassitt hurt (shin), Paul Blackburn still coming back from last season’s injury, Daniel Mengden recovering not from injury but from a very disappointing Cactus League performance, Brooks may have affirmatively earned the spot with a fairly dazzling effort against the Giants.