A’s James Kaprielian to get MRI for shoulder issue

MESA, Ariz. - Right-hander James Kaprielian, one of the key pieces of the Sonny Gray deal with New York, will behind the rest of the A’s pitchers to start the spring after feeling some shoulder discomfort during a bullpen session Friday.

“He felt a little something in his lat,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said Sunday at Hohokam Stadium. “He was throwing well before that, just felt a little something. ... It looked like he was going to be a full go, but the last bullpen might prohibit that.”

Shoulder issues troubled Kaprielian much of last season as he rehabbed from his 2016 Tommy John surgery. He will have an MRI. Melvin said.