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Elephant Rumblings: Rotation plan coming into focus

Shintaro Fujinami turned in his best outing of the Spring Saturday spinning six hitless innings against the Brewers. Fujinami was still tagged with two runs mostly due to four walks, but the outing was still a significant step forward.

A’s manager Mark Kotsay outlined the plan for Fujinami Saturday and what the rest of Oakland’ rotation might look like to begin the season. Fujinami will start next Saturday and will start once a week on Saturday’s per the San Francisco Chronicle’s Matt Kawahara.

Shintaro Fujinami will start Saturday in the second game of the opening series and the initial plan is for him to start once a week on Saturdays, Mark Kotsay said.