{"id":575377,"date":"2026-04-10T06:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575377\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:18:09","slug":"as-notes-rooker-ginn-perkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575377\/","title":{"rendered":"A’s Notes: Rooker, Ginn, Perkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletics are sending Brent Rooker<\/a> for imaging tomorrow, writes Mart\u00edn Gallegos of MLB.com<\/a>. The slugger gestured toward his right side\/hip area on a foul ball in the first inning of today\u2019s win over the Yankees. Rooker exited the game after a brief conversation with trainers and skipper Mark Kotsay.<\/p>\n

The preliminary diagnosis is right flank discomfort. The obvious concern is a potential oblique strain. Those usually require multi-week absences for hitters. Even moderate oblique strains can cost more than a month. The A\u2019s will have a better idea tomorrow whether that\u2019s in play.<\/p>\n

Rooker has had a tough start to the season. He\u2019s hitting .146 with 17 strikeouts in 49 trips to the plate. He did have a monster game against the Astros on Sunday, slugging both of his home runs and driving in six of his eight total RBI. He capped that game with a three-run, walk-off shot in the tenth inning off Bryan Abreu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Rooker needs an injured list stint, infielder\u00a0Zack Gelof<\/a> seems the favorite to replace him on the roster. The A\u2019s scratched him from today\u2019s Triple-A lineup. Gelof has been on an absolute tear to begin the minor league season, hitting .366 with a .519 on-base mark and four home runs over 54 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

Gelof is primarily a second baseman and has gotten some outfield work this spring and in the minors. If Rooker misses time, the A\u2019s could give 34-year-old second baseman Jeff McNeil<\/a> some DH reps. Gelof or Carlos Cortes<\/a> could grab some extra right field work if the A\u2019s want to mix in a few semi-rest days for Lawrence Butler<\/a> after last fall\u2019s knee surgery.<\/p>\n

The A\u2019s took two of three from the Yankees this week. They\u2019re staying in New York for a weekend set against the Mets. Former Mets draftee\u00a0J.T. Ginn<\/a> will start tomorrow\u2019s series opener against\u00a0Clay Holmes<\/a>. It\u2019ll be Ginn\u2019s first start of the season after three relief appearances. The A\u2019s needed a new fifth starter after optioning struggling righty\u00a0Luis Morales<\/a> earlier in the week. Ginn is seemingly getting the first opportunity.<\/p>\n

Jack Perkins<\/a> was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas before Thursday\u2019s game, with\u00a0Michael Kelly<\/a> optioned out in a corresponding move. Perkins is up for the first time this season and seemingly ticketed for the long relief role which Ginn had played. The righty has worked 7 2\/3 innings over three Triple-A appearances this year, striking out nine but issuing seven walks. Perkins started four of his first 12 big league outings last season. He turned in a 4.19 earned run average through 38 2\/3 frames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletics are sending Brent Rooker for imaging tomorrow, writes Mart\u00edn Gallegos of MLB.com. The slugger gestured toward…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9887,105281,29320,99,105280],"class_list":{"0":"post-575377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-brent-rooker","9":"tag-j-t-ginn","10":"tag-jack-perkins","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-zack-gelof"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}