Rested, recovered Lowrie joins A's camp

Jed Lowrie dives on the outfield grass to field a grounder, then throws over to first to take a hit away from Curt CasaliMESA, 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."

"I'm sleeping half as many…