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Oakland A's injury update: Mark Canha, Stephen Vogt close to full returns

At this point last year in spring training, Sean Doolittle was already going to be missing the first few months of the season, it was looking likely that Josh Reddick was going to miss Opening Day, and Coco Crisp's elbow injuries were a precursor to a longer term trip to the disabled list.

This year, all three appear to be in tip-top shape (knock on wood), and the only major league player expected to start the year injured is Henderson Alvarez; even he is expected back earlier than the front office's June estimate.

Mark Canha

First baseman/outfielder Mark Canha will run the bases today, which Susan Slusser tweets is the "last real step before getting into a game.