For Astros, it's next man up vs. A's

Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker will need to focus on who is in his dugout -- not who isn't -- when his team hosts the Oakland Athletics in the second game of a three-game series on Saturday.

With the announcement on Friday that left fielder Michael Brantley underwent an arthroscopic labral repair on his right shoulder, the Astros confirmed what had long been suspected: Brantley, in the final year of his two-year cont