MESA, Ariz. -- It began with a strange twinge during Sonny Gray's second start of Spring Training, and it still didn't seem like a big deal when he went to the doctor to get it checked. But now, that twinge has developed into another test for the A's ace.
Gray, who missed time last year with his first pair of stints on the disabled list, has been shut down from throwing for three weeks with a moderate lat strain, which affects the latissimus dorsi muscle that wraps around the mid-back area.
"Going from last year into this year, I continue to get tested," Gray said Friday in his first comments a day after the diagnosis.