As we head into the third weekend of Spring Training, the A’s are at home to face off against the NL West’s Colorado Rockies. The teams will go at it at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona today at 12:05 PST. The 4-7 A’s have had some life in their bats this past week, scoring 40 runs since the calendar turned the page to March. And while I’m the first to say those run totals are meaningless in the big picture of things, it also fuels my belief that the offense is going to produce, and the success or failure
of this 2026 club will rest upon the arms of the pitching staff.
J.T. Ginn will get the first shot at the Rockies today. He’s got a win with two starts and five innings this spring without giving up a run. He’ll go up against Chase Dollander for the Rockies. Dollander has also started two games and gone four innings with a 2.25 ERA.
Jeff McNeil falls into the leadoff spot today since Nick Kurtz isn’t in the starting lineup. I think many of us assumed this would be the reality even when Kurtz was playing. It will be interesting to see if this is a change just for today or a sign of the future batting order.
Dollander will face this lineup for the A’s today:
Ginn will go up against this batting order for the Rox today:
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