MESA, Ariz. — After 5 1/2 weeks spent in the desert, the A’s prepare to shift their operations from Arizona to the Bay Area as Opening Night awaits Monday.
They arrived to camp with plenty of questions needing to be answered. They’ve gotten clarity in some areas, while questions remain in others.
Here’s a look at five pressing questions we posed back when spring training started, and how the answers have materialized to this point:
1) How does the rotation take shape around Sonny Gray?
This is one area of the team that’s a bigger mystery now than when pitchers and catchers first reported.