MESA, Ariz. -- Kendall Graveman hardly considers himself a savvy vet, but the A's pitcher is doing his part to act like one.
With roughly three years of big league service time clocked and not yet two months removed from his 27th birthday, the right-hander isn't shying away from responsibilities thrust upon him as the rotation ringleader.
"I don't have anyone to lean on, no crutch, nobody that has more experience than me to run questions by," Graveman said. "That's a process that's going to be a learning curve for myself. I've always had a Rich Hill, a Scott Kazmir, a Sonny Gray, someone you can go to, and now I don't have somebody like that.