A chair will be reserved for Lou Trivino at the end of the A’s bullpen. There’s just no chance the A’s hard-throwing backend reliever will be up from that chair during Wednesday’s series finale against the Texas Rangers.
Trivino is still recovering from an injury on his pitching hand incurred when a ball, lost in the sun’s glare, fell and hit the top of his thumb. Trivino is wearing a protective covering, but manager Bob Melvin doesn’t anticipate a trip to the injured list.
“If we felt like it would be 10 days he would be on DL right now,” Melvin said before Wednesday’s game.