From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at Target Field

UPDATE: Coco Crisp is out of the lineup because of left wrist inflammation; he had a cortisone shot and might be available again Wednesday or Thursday (the A’s are off tomorrow).

You might recall that Crisp had a similar issue last year, and he slumped for a month or so before getting the cortisone shot – which took care of it entirely. So it seems most prudent that he’s received a shot early this season.

Yoenis Cespedes has a right heel bruise, and while it causes him to limp, it doesn’t affect his performance at all. It’s just some discomfort to handle. He’s not sure how he did it, Cespedes told me in English (his English is really improving rapidly) and, he said, “When I have to run, I can run. I’m fine.”

Craig Gentry (back) will play two more rehab games with Sacramento this week and manager Bob Melvin said there is a good chance that Gentry will meet the A’s in Seattle on Friday.

Ryan Cook missed only one week of the season after shoulder inflammation kept him out all spring; the A’s put him on the roster today and optioned right-hander Evan Scribner to Triple-A Sacramento. We’d all been under the impression that Scribner was out of options, because he’d been up and down each of the past three seasons and he has enough pro service time that he wouldn’t qualify for a fourth option – but as it turns out, he never spent long enough in any one stretch at Sacramento in 2012 to use an option that season.

Both Scribner and Drew Pomeranz have looked good in their outings; Pomeranz, a lefty, has worked in three games, walked two and struck out one. Scribner pitched in two games and amassed all zeroes in 1 1/3 innings. Usually, the last spot in the bullpen is a fluid situation, so I’m sure we’ll see Scribner again at some point as the A’s try to keep relievers fresh and bring up the hot hand on occasion.

Cook allowed two hits and two runs in 1 2/3 innings of rehab work with Class-A Stockton; he walked two and struck out two.

Here’s the lineup for the Twins’ home opener – it’s beautiful here in Minneapolis today, despite snow last week (there are still snow drifts along the city streets): Fuld CF, Lowrie SS, Donaldson 3B, Moss 1B, Cespedes LF, Callaspo DH, Reddick RF, Norris C, Sogard 2B. Scott Kazmir is on the mound.

Josh Reddick has cut his hair severely and trimmed his beard down to almost nothing; he says the barber went a little more extreme than he’d planned. We’ve seen Reddick do this before when slumping, and he’s off to a 2-for-20 start after a strong spring.

I’ve been asked several times today about this week’s strange schedule in Minneapolis: 3:10 p.m. local time start today, offday tomorrow, 12:10 p.m. starts on Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s why: Many cold-weather teams have a built-in offday after the home opener in case that first game, with all its hoopla and usually sell-out crowd, can be moved to the offday. Wednesday is a day game because the Twins figured the weather would be better during the day this time of year, and Thursday is a getaway day game for the A’s. Minnesota has had some rough first months here since moving over from the Metrodome, so the team wants to ensure optimal weather conditions as much as possible this opening homestand.