Jarrod Parker is taking the weekend away from the A’s spring training camp to digest the implications of his latest injury, a re-fracture of his right elbow that has put his immediate athletic future in doubt.
Parker will rejoin the A’s on Monday, executive vice president Billy Beane said Saturday morning. Between now and then, Parker will have plenty to think about. He hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2013, during which time he’s had one Tommy John surgery, a couple of elbow fractures and two years filled with almost nothing but injury rehabilitation.
What next for the star-crossed right-hander?