OAKLAND -- While A's manager Bob Melvin put odds of a Sean Manaea (left rotator cuff tendinitis) return at 50-50 on Thursday afternoon, he awaited word on the prognosis of one of his other ailing starters.
Left-hander Brett Anderson, diagnosed with ulnar nerve irritation in his forearm, was scheduled to meet with team doctors later Thursday to decipher how best to proceed with treatment.
It's unclear if either pitcher will take the mound again this season, leaving the A's in limbo down the stretch as they operate without their ace and eye a postseason run.