Honestly, I can talk myself into either side when it comes to Jesus Luzardo breaking camp with the A’s. And given the A’s insistence — matched by their actions throughout the Beane/Forst era — that service time will not be a determining factor, it is nigh impossible to figure out what Oakland will ultimately decide to do.
Without question there are some obstacles in front of Luzardo’s quest to break camp with the big league club, beyond the fact that by staying at AAA just a short time the A’s would control him for the 2025 season when Luzardo is all of 27.