Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin says Henderson Alvarez's MRI returned "inconclusive", tweets A's beat writers (including the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser) from Bob Melvin's pre-game press conference. The MRI will be sent to Dr. James Andrews, who performed Alvarez's shoulder surgery in 2015, for a second opinion, tweets CSN California's Joe Stiglich. Alvarez did throw on Wednesday morning, however:
Henderson Alvarez (shoulder) doesn't want to talk to media today, but he told confidants he "felt OK" during today's throwing session.
— John Hickey (@JHickey3) May 18, 2016
Melvin says the fact nothing jumped out on Alvarez's MRI "does give you some optimism.