A's news and notes, April 7

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Minneapolis -- - Oakland's outfield has some dings, but Craig Gentry is likely to come off the disabled list when the A's get to Seattle on Friday. What happens then?

Coco Crisp was out of the lineup Monday after having a cortisone shot for left wrist inflammation. A similar issue affected him during a monthlong slump last summer, but a cortisone shot remedied it quickly and he finished the season strong.

Crisp is not expected to go on the DL, and neither is Yoenis Céspedes, who is playing with a right heel bruise. Céspedes said, "When I have to run, I can run," and he showed that with an RBI double in the second.

Sam Fuld is out of options and the A's clearly do not want to lose him, but the team does not need five outfielders - which means that 2012 Gold Glove winner Josh Reddick might be a consideration to be optioned when Gentry returns.

That might sound like a stretch, because Reddick has been a regular for the past two-plus seasons. On the other hand, he is 3-for-24 (.125) after struggling for much of the 2013 season, and he has an option remaining. The A's have made it clear they want to keep all the players who are out of options and that they consider Fuld a major asset.

"Hopefully, I'm at the point where no one thinks about that, but do I know I have an option," said Reddick, who had an RBI single Monday. "If that is what's best for the team, they have to do what they've got to do. Obviously, I'm not doing the job right now."

Gentry went 3-for-4 with four RBIs in the River Cats' 7-6 loss at Las Vegas on Monday.

Cook back: Ryan Cook (shoulder) came off the DL and worked a scoreless ninth, walking two; catcher Derek Norris said that Cook's slider was the best he has seen it in a long time.

Evan Scribner was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.

Briefly: Manager Bob Melvin had a special message on Stand Up to Cancer Day, holding up a sign with the name of his sister-in-law, Tanya Robertson Novarese, who died of cervical cancer in 2008. ... Oakland has won seven in a row against Minnesota and 12 of the past 14 games between the teams. ... The clubs are off Tuesday, a day built into the schedule in case the Twins' home opener had been postponed because of inclement weather.

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