BALTIMORE – Sonny Gray is unsure of how he came down with back spasms, but the A’s ace was happy to be feeling better after playing catch Friday afternoon.
Scratched from his scheduled start Thursday at Toronto, Gray played catch for five minutes or so before the opener of a four-game series against the Orioles and said his back was feeling significantly better.
The plan is for Gray to throw off the mound Saturday, and the earliest he would rejoin the rotation is Monday night’s finale at Camden Yards.
Gray said he’s never dealt with back spasms before, and it caught him by surprise when he first felt pain Wednesday night.