"Ben Sheets said his flexor-tendon surgery will take place Monday in Dallas with Dr. Keith Meister, and Sheets believes the tendon will be anchored to the bone differently than it was the first time, when it was sutured.

Sheets remains uncertain if he will pitch again. "My arm will tell me," he said.

Here's one consideration when it comes to a possible comeback: Sheets will have nine years of service time after this season. For the full major-league pension, players need 10 years of service.

In other A's surgery news, the team had thought that minor-league left-hander Lenny DiNardo might miss the rest of the season after surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow, but DiNardo is already throwing at the team's minor-league complex in Arizona, according to director of player development Keith Lieppman. He described it as "a miraculously quick recovery.""