Houston Astro starter Jose Urquidy will start the first game against the Oakland A’s on Fri Jul 8, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum (file photo Houston Chronicle)

On the A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 Jeremiah, Oakland A’s number one starter Frankie Montas is suffering from a inflamed shoulder in his last outing he was lifted after pitching for just one inning.

#2 Montas was going to be showcased going into the July trade deadline but with the inflamed shoulder there will no doubt be teams who will be on the side of caution.

#3 On missing Montas in the rotation the A’s who are coming off winning a series for the first time since the month of May taking two out of three from the Toronto Blue Jays were hoping Montas could be in the rotation to continue pitching quality games.

#4 The Houston Astros are in Friday night and they’re loaded bunch taking a look one of their big boppers designated hitter Yordan Alvarez. Alvarez is hitting a healthy .313 with 25 home runs and 59 RBIs.

#5 The Astros will be starting Jose Urquidy (7-3, 4.15) the A’s as of Thursday had not named a starter for Friday’s game a 6:40 pm PDT first pitch at the Coliseum.

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