Rooker injury earns Gelof a ticket to Sacramento

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Athletics
NEWS: The A’s placed OF Brent Rooker on the 10-day IL with a right oblique strain and recalled 2B Zack Gelof from the minors.
IMPACT: High
BHQ SPIN: Oblique strains can be tough to recover from, so expect Rooker to miss more than the minimum time with this IL stint. Carlos Cortes will shift from backing up in the outfield to being on the strong side of a DH platoon with his expected platoon partner being Andy Ibáñez. To replace Rooker on the big league roster, Gelof will return to the Majors after immense struggles both in terms of performance and health last year. He seems to have turned things around with an impressive .366/.519/.732 (54 PA) slash line with four homers and three steals in just 11 games at...

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