OAKLAND — Brett Anderson will pitch in a simulated game Saturday and if all goes well, could start for the A’s at some point during next week’s six-game road trip through Baltimore and Tampa Bay, manager Bob Melvin said Friday.
The news is not as positive for two other Oakland pitchers, as the outlook for Sean Manaea to pitch again this season remains bleak and Andrew Triggs is being shut down for the foreseeable future.
Manaea, on the disabled list since Aug. 26 with a left shoulder impingement, said he hasn’t given up hope of returning this season.