Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
The Athletics placed Opening Day starter Alex Wood on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with rotator cuff tendonitis, where the veteran left-hander will join Paul Blackburn and Joe Boyle .
It’s not known how much time Wood is expected to miss. Kotsay is scheduled to speak to the media before the A’s face the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in the third game of a four-game series. Brady Basso, a left-hander called up from Double-A Midland on Tuesday as a “just in case” long relief option, has been shipped back to Triple-A Las Vegas. In addition, shortstop Darell Hernaiz was transferred to the 60-day injured list.
Wood, 33, has struggled to regain his form after being in an unfamiliar role of a sometimes starter and sometimes reliever under Gabe Kapler with the Giants last season. He pitched five innings or more just four times in nine starts with an earned run average of 5.26.A’s Las Vegas relocation bid earns a win in court, but encounters more hurdles elsewhere
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