DETROIT -- A's starters have plenty of company on the disabled list -- and yet another will join them.
Right-hander Daniel Mengden is DL-bound with a right foot sprain, A's manager Bob Melvin announced Tuesday. That means Chris Bassitt will return from Triple-A Nashville for his fifth stint with the big league club and fourth start.
Bassitt, set to face the Tigers at Comerica Park on Wednesday with lefty Sean Manaea pushed to Thursday, allowed a combined 11 runs (six earned) across 9 1/3 innings in his last two starts, after yielding just one run over seven innings in his first outing.