Right-hander James Kaprielian hopes to record his first major-league hit before his first big-league loss when he puts his unbeaten record on the line for the v
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The Oakland A’s will be without one of their biggest stars indefinitely, but in the meantime a notable prospect will get a long-awaited chance in the majors.
The A’s placed CF
Ramon Laureano on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday, the team announced. The diagnosis is a strained right hip, retroactive to May 28.
Laureano last played on May 27, and then he was scratched from the lineup the next day with what was termed as groin tightness. He hasn’t played since and has now missed four games. Manager
Bob Melvin has “no idea on the timetable,” per Matt Kawahara of the S.F. Chronicle, adding, “Until he can run at a decent clip then this one’s just kind of an unknown.”
Time for more report card grades. Things have changed quite a bit since I last did this at the start of May. Some MLB teams responded to slow starts by getting hot, while others have been mired in mediocrity or woefulness.
At the beginning of the season I pegged the A’s as being roughly a 93 win team. Here we are at the 1/3 mark and the team sits at 31- 23, on pace for 93 wins. But the road has been anything but a.