KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sonny Gray’s next step as he returns from a lat strain won’t be with the A’s - the right-hander will go to extended spring training in Arizona on Monday to throw three innings in a game at the team’s minor-league complex.
“Once you get to where you’re throwing three innings, you’re close to a rehab assignment,” manager Bob Melvin said.
Melvin said that Gray is still on track to return to the A’s in late April “or first of May, something like that,” Melvin said.
Gray called his session throwing to hitters Thursday “great.