OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Right-hander Kendall Graveman was placed on the 10-day disabled list Monday by Oakland with a strained right shoulder, and the Athletics also announced shortstop Marcus Semien will have wrist surgery.
The procedure on Semien’s right wrist is scheduled for Tuesday and will include inserting a screw to help heal a broken bone. He was examined Monday in Los Angeles by Dr. Steve Shin, who evaluated MRI and CT scans that revealed a fracture to the scaphoid bone.
Semien will have another CT scan in six weeks and be re-evaluated. There won’t be a timetable for his return until he is seen again by Shin in late May, the A’s said.
Graveman started opening day in place of the injured Sonny Gray and began the season 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his first three starts. But he exited after just five innings and 74 pitches Friday against Houston, and manager Bob Melvin said afterward the pitcher couldn’t get loose. Both Melvin and Graveman expected he would make his next start.
Instead, it’s yet another key player down for the injury-plagued A’s.
Semien went on the DL on Sunday. He had been experiencing discomfort in the wrist since spring training.
Oakland recalled catcher Bruce Maxwell from Triple-A Nashville on Monday to take Graveman’s roster spot.
The A’s were set to begin a series at home with Texas on Monday night after the series finale against the Astros was rained out Sunday.
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