Sean Nolin never thought his debut with the A’s would take this long, but finally the left-hander is due to start against Seattle Sunday.
He missed most of spring training while recovering from sports hernia surgery, didn’t get off the disabled list until mid-May, and has slowly been building up strength and stamina to the point where the A’s are hopeful they will see 90 pitches out of him in his debut.
“It’s definitely been a struggle,’’ Nolin said. “I had the surgery so late. It’s definitely been a long year getting everything corrected. But it’s been better in the last month.