MESA, Ariz. – Seven weeks after agreeing to a contract with Santiago Casilla, the A’s will get their first look at the veteran short reliever Sunday.
A’s manager Bob Melvin said he got word about 8:30 a.m. (MT) that Casilla’s ongoing visa problems in the Dominican Republic have been cleared up. He flies to Phoenix Saturday and will be in uniform Sunday.
That being said, there’s no settling on whether or not he’ll be taking part in the World Baseball Classic. He’d committed to do it a long time back, but no one thought it would take in excess of 40 days and 40 nights for him to make it to Hohokam Stadium.