The hits keep coming for the Oakland A’s infield.
One day after learning that star third baseman Matt Chapman would miss the rest of the season to hip surgery, the A’s also lost his top backup, super-sub Chad Pinder, to a strained hamstring. Pinder was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, the team announced.
To replace him on the active 28-man roster, Oakland called up Nate Orf from their alternate training camp. There now appear to be 41 players on the 40-man roster, though that can easily be addressed by shifting one of several candidates from the 10-day IL to the 45-day.