Shortstop Marcus Semien, who had wrist surgery April 18, began hitting off a tee on Monday, but he’s unlikely to be back with the A’s this month.
Semien will need plenty of time to work his way back from a hairline fracture of the scaphoid bone, and when he goes on a rehab assignment within the next few weeks, it won’t be just two or three games, according to manager Bob Melvin.
Melvin said that Semien is allowed only to hit with a light fungo bat so far, “so he’s searching around for the biggest fungo he can find, trying to simulate a bat.