25-year old lefty starting pitcher Brett Anderson is likely out until July now due to a stress fracture in his right foot.  Anderson has pitched in 6 games (5 starts) for the A’s so far this year and he is 1-4 with a 6.21 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP.  Anderson just can’t seem to be able to stay healthy and that is a shame because he is a darn good pitcher.  24-year old righty Dan Straily will continue to sub for Anderson, but he needs to start pitching better to keep the gig.  Straily has pitched in 5 games (all starts) for the A’s so far this year and he is 1-2 with a 7.27 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP.

The A’s have placed 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Josh Reddick on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 7th due to right wrist inflammation.  Reddick has played in 29 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 14 for 92 (.152 avg, .516 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 1 homer, 14 RBIs and 5 stolen bases.  The A’s have called up 27-year old lefty swinging 1B Daric Barton to replace Reddick on the active roster.  Barton played in 29 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 29 for 101 (.287 avg, .887 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 3 homers and 21 RBIs.  Barton has played in 484 games in his first six years with the A’s and he is 394 of 1,583 (.249 avg, .732 OPS) with 220 runs scored, 27 homers, 163 RBIs and 13 stolen bases.

The Oakland A’s have placed 29-year old righty swinging outfielder Chris Young on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 29th due to a strained left quad.  Young has played in 23 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 15 for 87 (.172 avg, .668 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 4 homers, 15 RBIs and 5 stolen bases.  The A’s have called 27-year old righty swinging outfielder Michael Taylor back up to replace Young on the active roster.  Taylor played in 3 games for the A’s earlier this year and he was 0 for 6 (.000 avg, .000 OPS).

The A’s have placed 25-year old lefty starting pitcher Brett Anderson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 30th, due to a sprained right ankle.  Anderson has pitched in 6 games (5 starts) so far this year for the A’s and he is 1-4 with a 6.21 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP.  The A’s have called up 24-year old righty starting pitcher Dan Straily to replace Anderson in the starting rotation until he’s ready to return to action.  Straily has pitched in 2 games (both starts) for the A’s so far this year and he is 1-0 with a 6.35 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP.

The A’s have placed starting CF Coco Crisp on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 30th due to a strained left hamstring.  Crisp has played in 24 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 28 for 99 (.283 avg, .943 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 5 homers, 12 RBIs and 8 stolen bases.  Yoenis Cespedes will replace Crisp in CF until Chris Young is ready to play (strained right quad).  The A’s have called up 29-year old righty swinging C/1B Luke Montz to replace Crisp on the active roster.  Montz has played in 15 games in AAA-ball so far this year for the A’s and he is 15 for 53 (.283 avg, 1.085 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 5 homers and 12 RBIs.  Montz did play in 10 games for the Nationals in 2008 (his only big league experience) and he was 3 for 21 (.143 avg, .593 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs.

The A’s have placed 27-year old righty swinging LF Yoenis Cespedes on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained muscle in his left hand.  Cespedes has played in 11 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 8 for 40 (.200 avg, .748 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 3 homers and 7 RBIs.  The A’s have called up 27-year old righty swinging outfielder Michael Taylor to replace Cespedes on the active roster.  Taylor came into this season as the A’s #13 prospect according to Baseball America.  He has played in 9 games in AAA-ball so far this year and he is 16 for 39 (.410 avg, 1.222 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 3 homers and 11 RBIs.  He has played in 17 games in his first two years with the A’s and he is 9 for 51 (.176 avg, .505 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer and 1 RBI.  Taylor will likely split time in LF with 30-year old lefty swinging Seth Smith for the time being, as Coco Crisp is also banged up (groin), meaning that Chris Young will be playing in CF until Crisp is ready to return to action.  Smith has played in 7 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 11 for 24 (.458 avg, 1.352 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 1 homer and 6 RBIs.

The A’s have placed 28-year old righty swinging 2B/3B Scott Sizemore on the 15-day disabled list due to a sprained left knee.  Sizemore has played in 2 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 1 for 6 (.167 avg, .500 OPS).  The A’s have called up 27-year old switch-hitting infielder Andy Parrino to replace Sizemore on the active roster.  Parrino played in 6 games in AAA-ball for the A’s this year and he was 4 for 23 (.174 avg, .391 OPS) with 1 run scored and 1 RBI.  Parrino has played in 79 games in his first two years in the majors and he is 32 for 160 (.200 avg, .576 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 1 homer, 10 RBIs and 2 stolen bases.

UPDATE:  (4/11/2013) - Scott Sizemore has re-tore his left ACL and he will miss the rest of the 2013 season.

The A’s have placed 30-year old righty swinging SS Hiroyuki Nakajima on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 27th due to a strained left hamstring.  Nakajima played in 136 games in Japan last year and he was 155 of 499 (.311 avg, .833 OPS) with 69 runs scored, 13 homers, 74 RBIs and 7 stolen bases.  But, he had a rough time this spring for the A’s.  Nakajima played in 17 games in spring training for the A’s and he was only 7 for 42 (.167 avg, .476 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 1 RBI and 2 stolen bases.  The A’s should send Nakajima to AAA-ball when he gets healthy and have him earn his way to Oakland.

The A’s have placed 29-year old righty swinging infielder Adam Rosales on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained left intercostal muscle.  This is a bad break for Rosales as he was ripping the cover off the ball this spring.  Rosales played in 21 games in spring training for the A’s and he was 12 for 37 (.324 avg, 1.090 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 3 homers, 9 RBIs and 1 stolen base.  Rosales has played in 146 games in his first three years with the A’s and he is 97 of 415 (.234 avg, .646 OPS) with 48 runs scored, 11 homers, 47 RBIs and 2 stolen bases.

28-year old righty reliever Fernando Rodriguez is going to miss the entire 2013 season, as he needs Tommy John Surgery.  Rodriguez came over along with SS Jed Lowrie in a deal with the Astros over the winter.  He pitched in 71 games (0 starts) for the Astros last year and he was 2-10 with a 5.37 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP.  He has now pitched in 119 games (0 starts) in his first three years in the majors and he is 4-13 with a 4.89 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP.  Rodriguez was going to be a longshot to win a job in the A’s bullpen this spring, so they shouldn’t miss him too much moving forward.

UPDATE:  (3/23/2013) - The A’s have put Fernando Rodriguez on the 60-day D.L.