It’s Tommy John surgery for Cotton.

Most of the spring’s initial aches and pains are now in the rear-view mirror, but a couple of them still linger — and one of them is particularly serious. We took our last look at the Oakland A’s injury situation on Tuesday, so here’s a new update.

Jharel Cotton

The worst-case scenario is now official — Cotton will have Tommy John surgery, reports Susan Slusser of the S.F. Chronicle and the other insiders. That puts an end to his 2018...

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