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Scott Alexander

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Jake Bird · Groin (Out)

Current Week's Projections

FPTS

0.90

0.00

Game Info

Date	Opponent	Weather
Mon Jun 24	@LAA (20th) (Canning)	73°
Tue Jun 25	@LAA (20th) (Anderson)	75°
Wed Jun 26	@LAA (20th) (Contreras)	81°
Fri Jun 28	@ARI (18th) (Cecconi)	Indoor
Sat Jun 29	@ARI (18th) (Gallen)	Indoor
Sun Jun 30	@ARI (18th) (Pfaadt)	Indoor

Date	Opponent	Weather
Tue Jun 25	@HOU (4th) (Brown)	Indoor
Wed Jun 26	@HOU (4th) (Arrighetti)	Indoor
Fri Jun 28	@CHW (30th) (Thorpe)	72°
Sat Jun 29	@CHW (30th) (Cannon)	87°
Sun Jun 30	@CHW (30th) (Crochet)	64°

Pitching

.18

1.10

1.26

.83

.67

ERA

6.56

WHIP

1.76

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Pitching
Season Statistics
FPTS	2.0	4.0
W	1	1
L	2	1
SV	0	1
IP	12.2	23.0
H	9	25
ER	6	16
K	6	16
BB	5	18
ERA	4.43	6.26
WHIP	1.15	1.87

Recent News
	Athletics' Scott Alexander: Saddled with second loss Published June 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Scott Alexander: Hit with first loss Tuesday Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Scott Alexander throws out Arozarena stealing home \| 05/29/2024 Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Scott Alexander throws out Arozarena stealing home \| 05/29/2024 Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' Scott Alexander: First hold of season Saturday Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports San Francisco Giants Pitcher Scott Alexander to Boost Oakland A's Bullpen Performance Published May 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports A's activate LHP Scott Alexander from IL \| Baseball \| citizentribune.com Published May 21st, 2024 via Citizentribune A's activate Scott Alexander off IL Published May 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports	Rockies' Jake Bird: Shut down with groin strain Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Jake Bird: Removed from game Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Jake Bird: Scoreless appearance in return Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Bird escapes the 6th inning jam \| 06/17/2024 Published June 17th, 2024 via MLB.com Rockies' Jake Bird: Returns from IL Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Jake Bird: Reinstated off IL Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Jake Bird: Throwing again at Triple-A Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Jake Bird: Begins rehab assignment Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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