Elephant Rumblings: A’s scramble to replenish injury-depleted roster depth

MLB news roundup

Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!

The A’s continue to be ravaged by injuries, and the fates have been especially cruel on this front in the final week before opening day. On Friday, we learned that newly signed reliever Trevor Gott will undergo Tommy John surgery, so he will not throw his first pitch for the A’s in 2024.

The bad news didn’t stop there, as the A’s announced on Saturday that Miguel Andujar and Sean Newcomb will miss the start of the season due to injuries.

All three of these injured A’s were locks for the Opening Day roster.

The A’s have already picked up a much-needed bullpen depth piece in righty Austin Adams from the Mets. AN’s Connor Ashford has details on the A’s newest veteran reliever.

The A’s depth chart still has more holes than the finest Swiss cheese. Nico got down to the dirty task of sorting out some of the A’s options going forward and discussing who might become an unlikely Opening Day big leaguer in the wake of this rash of injuries.

We are three days away from Opening Day. Have a wonderful week, AN.

A’s Coverage:

• A’s acquire Austin Adams
• Apparently You Can Never Have Enough…Anything
• Injuries & Moves: Adams acquired from Mets; Gott to 60-day IL
• MLB 2024: Will the A’s escape the AL West cellar? Who’s the team to beat in the AL East? ($)

MLB News & Interest:

• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani to speak for first time in wake of gambling scandal ($)
• Major leaguers on influential committee say union’s power struggle ‘no longer a Harry Marino discussion’ ($)
• Angels Release Drew Pomeranz
• Orioles Release Kolten Wong
• Giants slugger Jorge Soler’s journey from determined defector to dominating DH ($)
• Blue Jays To Select Daniel Vogelbach
• Red Sox Release C.J. Cron
• White Sox Re-Sign Kevin Pillar To Major League Deal
• Nationals Select Eddie Rosario, Jesse Winker, Matt Barnes
• Today in Baseball History

Best of X:

Roster moves.

Boyle still on this projected roster.

Webb sympathizes.

At least he finally got a ball.