Zach Neal to start Wednesday

Posted by Jason Wojciechowski on May 23, 2016 at 7:46 PM

It will in fact be Zach Neal, who is already on the 40-man roster, coming up to make a start for Sonny Gray on Wednesday. He's probably far from guaranteed to get a second start, given that the A's still have their other options at Triple-A if he pees the bed, and in particular given that Eric Surkamp will be past the 10-day rule problem by the time the second start comes around. Indeed, I wonder whether we might see Neal optioned back to Nashville immediately after the start, replaced by J.B. Wendelken, who would then be optioned on Monday to make room for Surkamp.

Neal could probably avoid that fate if he throws a no-hitter, though. No pressure, Zach.