from oaklandathletics.com photo file: Oakland A’s pitcher Kendall Graveman (left) throws for the A’s tonight and owes a lot of his learning curves from his early days to former A’s pitcher Jessie Chavez (right) Chavez is now a reliever for the Texas Rangers

On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

#1 The A’s got that first victory to pen the series with the Rangers

#2 After dropping three of four with the Angels in the opening series of the season the A’s who won on opening day last Thursday and then opened the series with the Rangers with a 3-1 win on Monday night.

#3 A look at the DL with pitchers Jharel Cotton, John Blackburn, and AJ Puk. Amaury talks about concerns in the starting rotation. Despite the loss the A’s have some pitchers who might be able to turn it up a notch and get some good performances out of pitchers like Kendall Graveman, Andrew Triggs, Sean Manaea, and Daniel Mengden.

#4 The got great pitching on Monday from starter Triggs, releivers Ryan Butcher, Chris Hatcher, and closer Blake Treinen

#5 A’s and Rangers go at it again tonight at the Coliseum, Graveman gets the start. It’s Graveman’s first appearance since last Thursday’s win on opening day at the Coliseum where Graveman went five innings, seven hits, five earned runs, and a strike out.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the Oakland A’s, the Vice President for the Major League Baseball Heritage Museum, and News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com