Oakland Athletics' 2023 Projected Starting Lineup, Pitching Rotation, Bullpen

The Oakland Athletics had a relatively quiet offseason, aside from trading away catcher Sean Murphy. Here's a look at our projected starting lineup, pitching rotation and bullpen for the A's for the 2023 MLB season.

The Oakland Athletics are less than two months away from Opening Day.

The A's had a relatively quiet offseason, aside from trading away catcher Sean Murphy to the Atlanta Braves in a three-team, blockbuster deal.

Here's a look at our projected starting lineup, pitching rotation and bullpen for the A's in 2023, featuring 2022 slash lines and statistics:

STARTING LINEUP

C Shea Langeliers .218/.261/.691 / Manny Pina / Tyler Soderstrom (Rookie)

1B Jesus Aguilar .235/.281/.661

2B Tony Kemp .235/.307/.641

3B Zack Gelof (Rookie)

SS Aledmys Diaz .243/.287/.691

LF JJ Bleday .167/.277/.586

CF Cristian Pache .166/.218/.459

RF Ramon Laureano .211/.287/.663

DH Seth Brown .230/.305/.749

PITCHING ROTATION

1) Paul Blackburn: 7-6, 4.28 ERA, 21 starts, 111.1 IP, 1.26 WHIP, 2.97 SO/W, 87 ERA+

2) James Kaprielian: 5-9, 4.23 ERA, 26 starts, 134 IP, 1.34 WHIP, 1.66 SO/W, 88 ERA+

3) Shintaro Fujinami (Rookie)

4) Daulton Jefferies: 1-7, 5.72 ERA, 8 starts, 39.1 IP, 1.37 WHIP, 3.50 SO/W, 66 ERA+

5) JP Sears: 3-3, 4.69 ERA, 9 starts, 48 IP, 1.50 WHIP, 2.00 SO/W, 80 ERA+

OTHER ROTATION OPTIONS (THAT COULD APPEAR IN THE BULLPEN)

Adam Oller: 2-8, 6.30 ERA, 14 starts, 74.1 IP, 1.63 WHIP, 1.18 SO/W, 60 ERA+

Kyle Muller: 1-1, 8.03 ERA, 3 starts, 12.1 IP, 1.70 WHIP, 1.50 SO/W, 52 ERA+

Ken Waldichuk: 2-2, 4.93 ERA, 7 starts, 34.2 IP, 1.21 WHIP, 3.30 SO/W, 76 ERA+

BULLPEN

Dany Jimenez: 3-4, 3.41 ERA, 34 appearances, 11 saves, 34.1 IP

Domingo Acevedo: 4-4, 3.33 ERA, 70 appearances, 4 saves, 67.2 IP

Deolis Guerra: 4-1, 4.11 ERA, 53 appearances, 0 saves, 65.2 IP

Trevor May: 2-0, 5.04 ERA, 26 appearances, 1 save, 25 IP

Sam Moll: 2-1, 2.91 ERA, 53 appearances, 0 saves, 43.1 IP

Zach Jackson: 2-3, 3.00 ERA, 54 appearances, 3 saves, 48 IP

Kirby Snead: 1-1, 5.84 ERA, 46 appearances, 1 save, 44.2 IP

Chad Smith: 0-1, 7.50 ERA, 15 appearances, 0 saves, 18 IP

Freddy Tarnok: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 appearance, 0 saves, 0.2 IP

Adrian Martinez: 4-6, 6.24 ERA, 12 appearances, 0 saves, 57.2 IP

Norge Ruiz: 0-1, 7.11 ERA, 14 appearances, 0 saves, 19 IP

Jake Fishman: 0-0, 4.09 ERA, 7 appearances, 0 saves, 11 IP

Trey Supak (Rookie)

Drew Rucinski (Did not pitch)

Here's a look at the Oakland Athletics' schedule for the 2023 regular season.

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