A's Notes: Injury Updates on Langeliers, Severino, While Tur Begins Late Surge

Shea Langeliers is set to run the bases on Tuesday, and is continuing his hitting and running progressions. He still doesn't have a precise timeline for when he should return to the Athletics roster, but the expectation remains that he will be able to suit up for the club before the end of the season. 

As mentioned in the past, Langeliers will not be catching any games this year, but if he returns, he will be used as the club's designated hitter to get him some at-bats before the end of the season.

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Luis Severino is still not expected to return this season, though he has been continuing to throw bullpen sessions. Ahead of Monday's game, A's manager Mark Kotsay addressed why that is. 

"Severino will throw another bullpen," Kotsay said. "Once he gets that bullpen done, I think there's no plans to go any further. He wants to make sure he feels good going into the offseason." 

The veteran right-hander will have a big decision to make once the offseason officially begins, with a $22 million player option looming. While Severino has been vocal about some of the difficulties of pitching in Sacramento in the past, he has also been out of action since late May, and finding a similar payday in a lockout-shortened offseason may be difficult. 

Yunior Tur's Development

Right-handed reliever Yunior Tur was called up after the All-Star break and was immediately hit around, posting a 47.25 ERA across his first 2 ⅔ innings. He was optioned after that second appearance, then brought back up to the A's roster on August 11, when he gave up another three earned runs across two innings of work. That actually lowered his ERA to 32.79.

Tur is back with the A's in September, and his first two outings have resulted in much better results. Across 3 ⅓ innings, Tur has allowed just one hit, no runs, walked two batters and struck out four. 

On Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, he relied heavily on his splitter and his cutter. That's not terribly unusual, but what did stand out was that he only threw three four-seamers out of 21 pitches. That's roughly half of his previous low for that pitch. 

Kotsay also mentioned that Tur was quicker with his times to the plate and did a better job of varying his looks to second base with a runner on to keep Seattle guessing. 

Tur also did a good job of starting the Mariners off with strikes, getting ahead with a first-pitch strike on three of the five batters he faced. How he ends up finishing the season could dictate whether he becomes a key piece of the 40-man roster this offseason as the club looks for pitching, or someone on the fringes looking to hold on. 

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