Today's the day we've all been waiting for folks. It's opening day/night! No surprises bout our opening day 25-man roster:
Roster:
SP - Sonny Gray (R)
SP - Jesse Hahn (R)
SP - Scott Kazmir (L)
SP - Kendall Graveman (R)
SP - Drew Pomeranz (L)
CP - Tyler Clippard (R)
RP - Fernando Abad (L)
RP - R.J. Alvarez (R)
RP - Eric O'Flaherty (L)
RP - Dan Otero (R)
RP - Jesse Chavez (R)
RP - Evan Scribner (R)
C - Stephen Vogt (L)
C - Josh Phegley (R)
1B/DH - Billy Butler 'Country Breakfast' (R)
1B/OF (corners) - Mark Canha (R)
1B/DH/OF (rare) - Ike Davis (L)
2B/SS/3B (rare) - Eric Sogard (L)
2B/OF/IF/UTIL - Ben Zobrist (S)
UTIL - Tyler Ladendorf (R)
SS - Marcus Semien (R)
3B - Brett Lawrie (R)
OF - Craig Gentry (R)
OF - Sam Fuld (L)
OF - Billy Burns (S)
Here are the opening day lineups for the visiting Texas Rangers, and your Oakland Athletics (via Twitter):
Lineups:
Rangers:
1. Leonys Martin (L) - CF
2. Elvis Andrus (R) - SS
3. Prince Fielder (L) - 1B
4. Adrian Beltre (R) - 3B
5. Shin-Soo Choo (L) - RF
6. Ryan Rua (R) - LF
7. Mitch Moreland (L) - DH
8. Robinson Chirinos (R) - C
9. Rougned Odor (L) - 2B
SP. Yovani Gallardo (R)
Athletics:
1. Craig Gentry (R) - CF
2. Sam Fuld (L) - RF
3. Ben Zobrist (S) - LF
4. Billy Butler (R) - DH
5. Ike Davis (L) - 1B
6. Brett Lawre (R) - 3B
7. Stephen Vogt (L) - C
8. Marcus Semien (R) - SS
9. Eric Sogard (L) - 2B
SP. Sonny Gray
Predictions!:
I predict that the A's will come out on top by the final of 5-3. Baseball fanatic, Andrew Ngim, also believes that the Athletics will win 5-3. Baseball analyst Lucas Lee believes that the A's will win 3-2. Oh no, no bias at all ;) Let's Go Oakland! Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap!
Roster:
SP - Sonny Gray (R)
SP - Jesse Hahn (R)
SP - Scott Kazmir (L)
SP - Kendall Graveman (R)
SP - Drew Pomeranz (L)
CP - Tyler Clippard (R)
RP - Fernando Abad (L)
RP - R.J. Alvarez (R)
RP - Eric O'Flaherty (L)
RP - Dan Otero (R)
RP - Jesse Chavez (R)
RP - Evan Scribner (R)
C - Stephen Vogt (L)
C - Josh Phegley (R)
1B/DH - Billy Butler 'Country Breakfast' (R)
1B/OF (corners) - Mark Canha (R)
1B/DH/OF (rare) - Ike Davis (L)
2B/SS/3B (rare) - Eric Sogard (L)
2B/OF/IF/UTIL - Ben Zobrist (S)
UTIL - Tyler Ladendorf (R)
SS - Marcus Semien (R)
3B - Brett Lawrie (R)
OF - Craig Gentry (R)
OF - Sam Fuld (L)
OF - Billy Burns (S)
Here are the opening day lineups for the visiting Texas Rangers, and your Oakland Athletics (via Twitter):
Lineups:
Rangers:
1. Leonys Martin (L) - CF
2. Elvis Andrus (R) - SS
3. Prince Fielder (L) - 1B
4. Adrian Beltre (R) - 3B
5. Shin-Soo Choo (L) - RF
6. Ryan Rua (R) - LF
7. Mitch Moreland (L) - DH
8. Robinson Chirinos (R) - C
9. Rougned Odor (L) - 2B
SP. Yovani Gallardo (R)
Athletics:
1. Craig Gentry (R) - CF
2. Sam Fuld (L) - RF
3. Ben Zobrist (S) - LF
4. Billy Butler (R) - DH
5. Ike Davis (L) - 1B
6. Brett Lawre (R) - 3B
7. Stephen Vogt (L) - C
8. Marcus Semien (R) - SS
9. Eric Sogard (L) - 2B
SP. Sonny Gray
Predictions!:
I predict that the A's will come out on top by the final of 5-3. Baseball fanatic, Andrew Ngim, also believes that the Athletics will win 5-3. Baseball analyst Lucas Lee believes that the A's will win 3-2. Oh no, no bias at all ;) Let's Go Oakland! Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap!