SAN DIEGO — There still isn’t much clarity as to how long Matt Chapman might be out, and that’s good news for A’s manager Bob Melvin.
The exact severity of the third baseman’s right hand contusion continues to be a mystery. Chapman met with both Dr. Steven Shin and never specialist Dr. Vernon Williams in Los Angeles Monday. Melvin said the symptoms checked out similar to the ones he experienced during spring training, when he received a cortisone shot and was shut down for a week.
Chapman received another shot Monday, this time with both cortisone and saline.