SAN FRANCISCO – Sonny Gray won’t be ready to pitch in a big league game for maybe a month, but he nevertheless made the trip north with the A’s for the Bay Bridge Series.
The man who would have been the A’s opening day starter had he been healthy is recovering from a strained right lat muscle. He’s been cleared to play catch but has yet to have a bullpen session.
The A’s say he won’t need the equivalent of a full six weeks of what would be spring training to get back to pitching shape, but they aren’t going to rush him either.