OAKLAND – Reliever Sean Doolittle will join the A’s this weekend in St. Petersburg, Fla., and is likely to come off the disabled list on Saturday.
The A’s play a doubleheader against the Rays Saturday, and under new rules, the team is eligible to add an extra player as a 26th man for the games. That man is almost certain to be Doolittle with the left-handed reliever due to get a third and final injury rehabilitation game in Wednesday for Triple-A Nashville in Omaha.
Doolittle struck out the side on 14 pitches for Class-A Stockton on Monday.