MESA, Ariz. -- A's second baseman Jed Lowrie is able to run again, and sleep better.
The nine-year veteran had two surgeries within a month last year. First, a multifaceted procedure to repair ligament damage and remove a bunion and cyst in his left foot. Then, an operation to resolve a deviated septum and relieve him of nasal issues that had disrupted his sleep for nearly a decade.
Lowrie and wife Milessa had their second child in the offseason, a son named Miles, and Lowrie said he's "actually sleeping better and I've got a small infant at home.