TORONTO — Oakland A’s first baseman Matt Olson could be ready to start a minor-league rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday.
Olson had been taking some swings during the series in Toronto against the Blue Jays.
“He’s good,” Melvin said before the game Sunday. “Good chance he’s going to go out (probably to Triple-A) on Tuesday. He’ll take batting practice with us tomorrow, (in Boston) and the plan right now is for him to go out on Tuesday.”
Olson suffered a hand injury on a foul top during an at-bat in the season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo in March.