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- Updated: August 30, 2016
HOUSTON — After landing on the 7-day concussion disabled list following a clubhouse incident with Danny Valencia, Billy Butler was reinstated by the A’s on Monday, but the designated hitter wasn’t in the starting lineup in a 6-0 loss to the Astros.
Infielder/outfielder Arismendy Alcantara was optioned to Class A Stockton in a corresponding move.
“He hasn’t been in the lineup every day this year anyway,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said of Butler, who grounded out to end the game as a pinch-hitter, “and he’s always a good option to have off the bench.”
Butler suffered a head injury during a physical altercation with Valencia on Aug. 20, which both players were fined and disciplined for. He took the final portion of his concussion test Sunday, and the A’s brought him back as soon as he was …
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