It appears Daniel Mengden is on his way back to Oakland’s rotation, at least briefly.

Right-hander Mike Fiers told The Chronicle on Thursday that the team is giving him an extra day off after his 131-pitch no-hitter Tuesday, and the A’s are listing TBA for Sunday’s starter.

That points to Mengden, who would be on turn to start that day after going Tuesday for Triple-A Las Vegas. He allowed one earned run in six innings in that outing against Salt Lake, and he has a 2.77 ERA.

Mengden had a rough spring, with a 5.73 ERA and seven walks in 11 innings, but he did nice work for the team under unusual circumstances in September, when he was asked to be the “follower” after reliever Liam Hendriks opened games. In his final six appearances, Mengden had a 2.52 ERA and opponents batted .180 against him.

Mengden has had only one start in which he has allowed more than three runs at Las Vegas this year, and he has struck out 44 in 39 innings. Opponents are batting .197 against the 26-year-old right-hander.

Edwin Jackson might have been an option for Oakland but not on short rest; Jackson, signed to a minor-league deal last month, started Wednesday for Las Vegas and allowed six hits and seven runs in five innings.

Fiers threw the 300th no-hitter in big-league history Tuesday against the Reds. Fiers threw 134 pitches in his first career no-hitter in 2015 against the Dodgers when he was with Houston. Fiers next will go Monday at Seattle.

Injury report: Outfielder-first baseman Mark Canha, out with a right wrist injury, could be back with the A’s in the next week.

Canha said that he’s heading on a rehab assignment Friday. He has been out since April 29 with inflammation that became an issue when he was hitting in the batting cage in Toronto, but he said things improved quickly. He hit off the high-velocity pitching machine Thursday. “Hit a few fastballs to really test it and it felt good,” he said.

In addition, starter Marco Estrada said he’s starting to improve after an ablation to address lower back pain; he was told that the procedure would take about three weeks to take effect.

“It’s starting to work, I think,” he said. “The last four or five days, I’m starting to feel better.”

Estrada doesn’t believe he’d need a lengthy rehab assignment once he’s pitching again.

Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.