When the A’s return to the Coliseum next week following a nine-game road trip, they might have a welcome-home present for their fans.
Matt Olson, who homered Friday night for Triple-A Las Vegas, could return from an extended absence because of surgery on his right hand, manager Bob Melvin said Saturday before the A’s took on the Pirates at PNC Park.
Melvin said the plan was for Olson, who had 29 home runs and 84 RBIs in 2018, to play first base on Saturday and serve as the designated hitter on Sunday.
“Then we’ll process where we are with him,” Melvin said.