The regular season hasn't even begun and already the A's are running out of starting pitchers. Injuries to Jharel Cotton, Paul Blackburn, and top prospect A.J. Puk have left Oakland's rotation paper-thin.
While the recent additions of Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson should provide some stability down the road, the A's will enter the season with a mostly unproven starting rotation of Kendall Graveman, Sean Manaea, Daniel Mengden, Andrew Triggs, and Daniel Gossett, a group that has combined for just 56 career wins. It's also a group that averaged barely over five innings per start last season, with only one complete game between them.