As per Ken Korach on the radio broadcast, Carlos Gonzalez, Jeff Fiorentino and Dallas Braden were just optioned to Triple-A Sacramento! That should put those rumors to rest. And oh yeah, the A's just beat the Giants 6-2 on the strength of a strong starting performance by Justin Duchscherer (6 innings, 1 run, 2 K's, 1 BB), a 2-run homer by Emil Brown and a series of defensive gaffes by the Giants that led to three un-earned runs in the bottom of the 6th.
But the big story is, the A's 25-man roster for Opening Day now looks like this:
SP - Blanton
SP - Harden
SP - Duke
SP - Eveland
RP - Street
RP - Foulke
RP - Embree
RP - Brown
RP - Casilla
RP - Hernandez
RP - DiNardo
RF - Buck
CF - Denorfia
LF - Brown
1B - Barton
2B - Ellis
SS - Crosby
3B - Hannahan
C - Suzuki
DH - Cust
INF - Murphy
INF - DJ
INF - M Sweeney
OF - R Sweeney
C - Bowen
Gaudin & Chavez to start the regular season on the DL.
