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Oakland A's
I didn’t like Oakland’s decision to send Drew Pomeranz to the pen in the first place, but once they did it, I think they should have left him there. Instead, he was named Kazmir’s replacement last week. This going back and forth is just likely to result in another arm problem for him. There’s the chance Pomeranz will have a little mixed-league value now that he’s back in the rotation -- assuming the A’s haven’t changed their minds again -- but he’d have to look good in his next couple of outings while he gets stretched back out to be worthy of a pickup.