Athletics' Shea Langeliers, right, leaves the game and walks back to the dugout with a trainer after taking a swing and grabbing his side during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Thursday, June 5, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

A’s catcher Shea Langeliers could be activated Monday

NEW YORK (AP) — Catcher Shea Langeliers could be activated by the Athletics on Monday after missing 3 1/2 weeks with a strained left oblique.

“I think we’re going to get a bat back tomorrow,” manager Mark Kotsay said Sunday. “Shea Langeliers will rejoin us in Tampa.”

Langeliers was hurt while fouling off a pitch against Minnesota’s Kody Funderburk during a June 5 game.

Langeliers started a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday and was 8 for 13 with one homer and four RBIs in three games entering Sunday.

He is batting .237 with 10 homers and 27 RBIs for the A’s, but hit .172 over his 18 previous games before getting hurt. Langeliers batted .241 after the All-Star break last year.

Athletics’ Shea Langeliers (23) grabs at his side after being removed from the game after taking a swing against the Minnesota Twins during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 5, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

“He’s a big part of that group that had that success in the second half,” Kotsay said.

Athletics’ Shea Langeliers (23) is looked at by a trainer and manager Mark Kotsay, right, before he was taken out of the game after taking a swing and grabbing his side during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

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