Oakland A’s get excellent news on Frankie Montas

With just about two weeks still left prior to the MLB trade deadline, the Oakland A’s are obtaining some favourable information on ideal-handed starter Frankie Montas.

Montas felt good just after his bullpen session Saturday and has “an opportunity” to begin Thursday when the A’s start out the publish-All-Star split agenda with a doubleheader versus the Detroit Tigers at the Coliseum, supervisor Mark Kotsay claimed.

Montas has not pitched in two weeks as he’s dealt with swelling in his right shoulder. He exited a July 3 begin in opposition to the Seattle Mariners after just just one inning and two times later, an MRI revealed the inflammation. Montas had a cortisone shot on July 6, and due to the fact that place, he and the A’s have been careful about when he would make his upcoming begin.

Kotsay stated together with those 1st two video games from the Tigers, he even now has to established his rotation for the next fifty percent of the year.

Although the A’s may possibly be open up to working other gamers prior to the Aug. 2 deadline, Montas is simply just one of the team’s most important trade chips.

Prior to his July 3 start, Montas was 3-8 with a 3.20 Period and was between the American League leaders in video games started (16), innings pitched (95.2), strikeouts (99), and opponents’ on-base percentage (.272).

If Montas starts Thursday, he could get into another game in advance of the end of the month.

KOTSAY ON LANGELIERS: Kotsay took detect as catcher Shea Langeliers, the leading prospect in the A’s minimal league method, was voted MVP of the All-Star Futures Recreation on Saturday right after he homered and threw out a runner hoping to steal 3rd foundation in the American League’s 6-4 victory more than the National League.

Langeliers, 24, was obtained by the A’s from the Atlanta Braves in the Matt Olson trade in March. His solo property run in the fourth inning came off Atlanta’s Jared Shuster, his teammate very last calendar year at Double-A Mississippi.

Langeliers also threw out Arizona Diamondbacks’ best prospect Corbin Carroll, who was trying to steal third base.

“So that is exciting for Shea and interesting for us as an group to have a person of our guys named the MVP of that video game,” Kotsay instructed reporters.

BRIDE UPDATE: Kotsay claimed infielder Jonah Bride, on the wounded list due to the fact June 27 with a strained right shoulder, will be the selected hitter Sunday for Triple-A Las Vegas as he proceeds his rehab assignment. Bride will get the job done out in Oakland on Thursday and the A’s will make a decision then whether or not to send out him again to the Aviators or activate him off the IL.

JIMENEZ UPDATE: Kotsay claimed reliever Dany Jiménez, on the IL given that June 19 with a strained appropriate shoulder, will throw a bullpen session at the A’s spring training facility in Arizona on Wednesday, and will get started a rehab assignment when he’s physically ready.

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