Oakland A’s: Who Replaces Tyson Ross and Brandon McCarthy in the Rotation?

What has been the strength of the Oakland A's team—starting pitching—has been bitten by the injury bug once again.

Less than a week after announcing starting pitcher Dallas Braden will be out the rest of the season, the pitching depth of the A's farm system will be tested with the loss of their fourth and fifth starters—Brandon McCarthy and Tyson Ross—to the 15-day DL. 

Ross left his last start on Wednesday with a strained oblique muscle, while the A's announced out of nowhere that McCarthy has a problem with his right scapula, the same shoulder that has plagued McCarthy throughout his career.

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