A training camp like no other in Oakland history opens Saturday at the Coliseum as the A’s telescope what usually takes six weeks into three as they prepare for a 60-game regular season.
Among the most obvious concerns for teams trying to get ready quickly: avoiding injuries. The Korean League experienced a greater number of muscle strains after starting their season late this year, and A’s general manager David Forst said he’s discussed those results from the KBO with the team’s medical and training staffs.
“We’re going to have to adjust how hard these guys go early on,” Forst said on a video call with reporters Friday. “They’re like racehorses that have been in the starting blocks for three months - they’re anxious to get out there and go and we’re going to have to pull back the reins a little bit.
“We want to avoid working too hard too soon. At the same time, we’re faced with three weeks before we’re supposed to start. We’ll have to balance it.”
A’s pitchers and catchers report Saturday for an afternoon workout; they’ll be staggered in terms of arrival and on-field activity times in order to create more distance. They’ll find all sorts of new ways of doing things, from a different entrance, a new clubhouse (the Raiders’ locker room, still painted black and silver), boxed lunches rather than buffets, and weight rooms and some other training facilities set up outside in the parking lot.
“There is so much hands-on work going into this and understandably so, it is worth trying,” said Forst, who is eager to get feedback from players to try to ensure they’re comfortable with all aspects, “but it is difficult.”
Pitching coach Scott Emerson and trainer Nick Paparesta had 20 video calls scheduled with pitchers Saturday to go over everything, helping to cut down on face-to-face conversations wherever possible. Emerson said A.J. Puk (shoulder) and Daniel Mengden (elbow) are good to go but because they had injuries in March, they might be a day or two behind the rest of the group.
According to Forst, the team is still considering the possibility of a six-man rotation (Chris Bassitt presumably would be the sixth) or using “tandem” starters, one starting the game and the other finishing up.
Even with the compressed schedule, Emerson expects everyone to be ready by Oakland’s opener, which will be at home on July 24, The Chronicle has learned.
The A’s already had a good idea what their 26-man roster would look like before the shutdown; infielder Jorge Mateo was dealt to San Diego this week, further clarifying things and Forst said that the 30-man roster also is pretty well set as things currently stand.
The A’s secondary group, the 18 or so “pool players,” still do not have an alternate site. Forst said that Stockton remains a consideration, despite the uptick in COVID-19 cases in San Joaquin County, but the team also has had conversations with facilities in Alameda and Stanislaus Counties.
When the team wraps up its training camp, there will be at least two and potentially three games against the Giants, Forst said.
Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser
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