Moves soon to be made?

Susan Slusser has scooped out the other writers, so far, on the issue of possible player moves the A's may make after their second straight shutout.

It's possible they'll do it with an addition from Triple-A Sacramento. After Oakland's second shutout in two days, a 6-0 loss to the Yankees, assistant general manager David Forst said the team was considering "any and all'' options, including looking for help at the minor-league level.

"We need to get the offense going,'' Forst said flatly. The A's 108 runs are the fewest in the league.

The problem is that as of right now, there isn't much indication that a player is coming from the minors as the Rivercats game was played earlier in the day so there is no need to remove a called-up player. As it is early in the season, a call-up is more likely then a trade simply because Beane is backed into a corner where he has to make a move. Then again, he didn't have to give up much for Dotel when the 2004 relievers couldn't close out games.

Now the question becomes which player or players get released.