Alternate headline: 6 weeks of A.J. Griffin wouldn't look too bad right about now.
The A's had too many starting pitchers until they had too few. What happened? Well, pitching a baseball is really bad for your arm and you really shouldn't do it unless...your entire function depends on doing just that. Once upon a time -- and by that I mean a month ago -- Oakland's starting pitching depth chart looked something like:
Sonny Gray
Rich Hill
Jesse Hahn
Chris Bassitt
Kendall Graveman
Felix Doubront
Aaron Brooks
Sean Nolin
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