OAKLAND — Trevor Cahill’s Achilles heel literally has been his Achilles the past week.
When Cahill was originally scratched from his scheduled start last Saturday against the Kansas City Royals due to an injury sustained to his right Achilles while running in the outfield during warm ups, the feeling was that the right-hander would only miss a few days and not require a stint on the disabled list. But with Cahill’s next turn in the rotation set for Friday and the injury not progressing, the A’s may no longer be able to avoid that stint.
“There’s a good chance he’ll go on the DL.