MESA, Ariz. -- A's shortstop Marcus Semien was healthy enough to play when he returned from wrist surgery last season. He wants to make that much clear. But just playing and succeeding at a high level are two different things.
Semien estimates he was at about 90 percent by season's end, some 5 1/2 months after surgery to repair a fracture of the scaphoid bone and three months after he returned from the disabled list.
"I was able to compete with what I had last year -- the bone was healed -- it was just about getting the reps and getting the scar tissue out of there," Semien said this week.