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• Athletics Hire Ryan Christenson As First Base Coach

  06-11-2025 03:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced they have brought back Ryan Christenson to serve as first base coach. Bobby Crosby will shift from first base to third base next season, bumping Eric Martins from the role. The rest of manager Mark Kotsay’s staff will be back for 2026.
  Christenson has spent a large portion of his baseball career in the A’s organization, both as a player and a coach. He debuted with the team in 1998 and would appear in parts of four seasons with the club. Christenson got his co
  
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• Rangers Claim Willie MacIver, Michel Otañez

  05-11-2025 21:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Rangers announced that they have claimed catcher Willie MacIver and right-hander Michel Otañez from the Athletics. Additionally, Texas has outrighted outfielders Dustin Harris and Billy McKinney. Both outfielders have elected free agency.
  More to come.
  
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• MLBTR Podcast: Offseason Preview Megapod: Top Trade Candidates

  05-11-2025 17:28 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Steve Adams and Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss…The 2025 World Series between the Dodgers and Blue Jays (1:55)
  The Cubs letting Shota Imanaga becomi
  
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• A’s Could Pursue Relievers With Closing Experience

  31-10-2025 05:08 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s go into the offseason prioritizing starting pitching and help at one or both of second and third base. They might also be in the market for a late-game reliever. Martín Gallegos of MLB.com writes that the A’s are likely to target a pitcher who has closing experience.
  Manager Mark Kotsay used a committee approach in the ninth inning after the A’s traded Mason Miller at the deadline. Hogan Harris, Sean Newcomb, Michael Kelly and Tyler Ferguson e
  
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• A’s Could Explore Second/Third Base Markets

  22-10-2025 06:37 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s have around two-thirds of their starting lineup in place going into the offseason. While starting pitching should be the primary focus, they have some questions on the infield that may need to be addressed externally.
  Second baseman Zack Gelof underwent surgery after dislocating his left shoulder with two weeks remaining in the regular season. Meanwhile, the team announced last week that third baseman Brett Harris underwent surgery to repair the UCL in his left thumb (lin
  
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• 10 Players Elect Free Agency

  07-10-2025 06:41 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Now that the season is over, we’ll start seeing several players choose to become minor league free agents.  Major League free agents (i.e. players with six-plus years of big league service time) will hit the open market five days after the end of the World Series, but eligible minor leaguers can already start electing free agency.
  To qualify, these players must have been all outrighted off their team’s 40-man rosters during the 2025 season without being added back.  These p
  
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• Lawrence Butler Undergoes Patellar Tendon Surgery

  04-10-2025 06:23 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s announced that Lawrence Butler underwent surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his right knee. The outfielder also received a platelet-rich plasma injection to address patellar tendonitis in his opposite knee. The club didn’t announce a specific recovery timeline but said that Butler will rehab during the offseason in preparation for Spring Training.
  Butler is coming off a middling season. He hit .234/.306/.404 while striking out at a 28.4% rate across 630 plate appea
  
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• Athletics General Manager David Forst To Return In 2026

  01-10-2025 00:29 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Athletics general manager David Forst will be back in that job next year, he tells Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. His previous contract ran through 2025. It was reported last week that he and the A’s were in discussions to keep him around. It now seems he and the club have worked out a new pact of some sort, though he didn’t provide any specifics.
  Forst was hired as a scout for the A’s back in 2000 and moved up the front office ranks over the years. After the 2022 season, h
  
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• Athletics, General Manager David Forst Discussing New Contract

  25-09-2025 19:26 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Athletics general manager David Forst has overseen baseball operations for the club since the 2022-23 offseason, when longtime GM Billy Beane moved into an advisory role. Details surrounding Forst’s contract never went public, but Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that Forst’s current deal is expiring at the end of the season. Forst and owner John Fisher have been discussing his future, Rosenthal adds. It’s not clear whether an agreement is close, but at the very least, tal
  
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• Zack Gelof To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery

  20-09-2025 23:12 via mlbtraderumors.com
  SEPTEMBER 20, 4:12pm: Martin Gallegos of MLB.com writes that Gelof will head to Los Angeles to undergo shoulder surgery next week, and that he “should” have enough time this offseason to recover and return for Spring Training in 2026.
  SEPTEMBER 20, 2:41pm: As expected, the A’s placed Gelof on the 10-day injured list today.  Left-hander Sean Newcomb was also placed on the 15-day IL due to left elbow inflammation, so Newcomb’s 2025 season will also come to an
  
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• A’s Notes: Estes, Lopez, Harris, Newcomb

  19-09-2025 06:58 via mlbtraderumors.com
  A’s right-hander Joey Estes has undergone surgery to address a herniated disc in his lower back, according to the MLB.com injury tracker. That obviously ends his season a month after he landed on the 15-day injured list. Estes had just been recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas a few days before suffering the injury. He tossed four scoreless innings out of the bullpen against the Mariners on August 24.
  That’ll go down as Estes’ only MLB appearance since April. The 23-year-old o
  
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• Athletics Select Scott McGough

  01-09-2025 18:15 via mlbtraderumors.com
  With rosters expanding from 26 to 28 today, the Athletics made a number of moves. They activated right-hander Luis Severino from the 15-day injured list, recalled infielder/outfielder Max Schuemann and selected right-hander Scott McGough. Right-hander Eduarniel Núñez was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to open up an extra active roster spot. Left-hander Ben Bowden has been transferred to the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man spot for McGough.
  McGough, 35, signed a minor league de
  
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• A’s Release Luis Urias

  29-08-2025 04:49 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics released infielder Luis Urías, according to the MLB.com transaction log. He’d been designated for assignment on Monday. Urías has sufficient service time to refuse a minor league assignment while collecting what remains of his $1.1MM salary, so a release was inevitable. The A’s preferred to give playing time to controllable infielders Zack Gelof, Darell Hernaiz and Brett Harris for the stretch run.
  The 28-year-old Urías can now set ou
  
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• Athletics Select Mason Barnett

  26-08-2025 23:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced that left-hander Jacob Lopez has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a flexor strain in his left elbow, a move that was reported yesterday. Right-hander Mason Barnett has been selected in a corresponding move. The 40-man roster had a vacancy due to Luis Urías being designated for assignment earlier this week.
  Barnett, 24, gets the call to the big leagues for the first time. A third-round pick of the Royals in 2022, he was one of three players who came to
  
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• A’s To Place Jacob Lopez On Injured List With Flexor Strain

  26-08-2025 03:50 via mlbtraderumors.com
  A’s starter Jacob Lopez has been shut down after sustaining a Grade 1 flexor strain, manager Mark Kotsay tells reporters (including Martín Gallegos of MLB.com). He’ll go on the 15-day injured list tomorrow. Kotsay said the A’s still hope Lopez can make it back this season, likely as a reliever in the final few days.
  Lopez has quietly been one of the American League’s best rookie pitchers. Acquired from the Rays alongside Jeffrey Springs in a deal sending&
  
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• Athletics Designate Luis Urías For Assignment

  25-08-2025 23:35 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced today that second baseman Zack Gelof has been recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. Fellow infielder Luis Urías has been designated for assignment as the corresponding move.
  Urías, 28, signed with the A’s in the offseason. The one-year deal guaranteed him $1.1MM, with some bonuses based on plate appearances also in the deal. There was a time where it looked like that deal was going to work out quite well for the A’s. Urías hit .245/.345/.490 t
  
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• A’s Activate Jacob Wilson From Injured List

  23-08-2025 03:24 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Jacob Wilson returns to action nearly a month after suffering a forearm fracture. The A’s activated the rookie shortstop from the 10-day injured list. He’s hitting fifth against Seattle starter Bryan Woo. The A’s optioned Max Schuemann to Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. They also made a couple changes on the pitching staff. Eduarniel Núñez and Joey Estes are up from Triple-A as Ben Bowden (lat strain) and Jack Perkins (shoulder stra
  
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• Athletics Release Gio Urshela

  18-08-2025 20:10 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s have released veteran infielder Gio Urshela, whom they designated for assignment on Friday, per the transaction log at MLB.com. He’ll be able to sign with any team once he clears release waivers.
  Urshela, 33, signed a one-year, $2.15MM contract in free agency this past offseason. He missed close to a month earlier this season due to a hamstring strain and struggled at the plate both before and after that IL stint. He batted .238/.287/.326 with no home runs, 14 doubles and a t
  
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• Athletics Designate Gio Urshela For Assignment, Claim Jared Shuster

  15-08-2025 23:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced that they have claimed left-hander Jared Shuster off waivers from the White Sox and sent him to Triple-A Las Vegas.. The latter club designated him for assignment earlier this week. To open a 40-man spot, the A’s designated infielder Gio Urshela for assignment. Infielder Brett Harris has been recalled to take Urshela’s active roster spot.
  Shuster, 27, was once a notable prospect in Atlanta’s system. He hasn’t yet delivered at the major league level
  
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• A’s Move Austin Wynns To 60-Day IL, Reinstate Brady Basso From 60-Day IL

  12-08-2025 04:34 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced that left-hander Brady Basso was optioned to Triple-A after being reinstated from the 60-day injured list.  To create 40-man roster space, Austin Wynns was moved from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL, which means that the catcher’s 2025 season is officially over.
  Wynns was acquired in a trade with the Reds in June, as the A’s needed some catching help when Shea Langeliers was sidelined by an oblique strain.  Wynns appeared in 22 games for the Athletics
  
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• A’s Place Luis Severino On 15-Day IL Due To Oblique Strain

  09-08-2025 22:17 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced that Luis Severino has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left oblique strain.  Left-hander Hogan Harris was called up from Triple-A to take Severino’s spot on the active roster.
  The severity of the strain isn’t yet known, but anything more than a Grade 1 strain (the least-serious type) could put the remainder of Severino’s 2025 season in jeopardy.  Since the A’s are out of contention, the team might choose to just shut the r
  
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• Poll: Who Had The Best Deadline In The AL West?

  07-08-2025 23:10 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The trade deadline has come and gone. While trade season was slow to get started this year, when all was said and done, there were several dozen trades made in a flurry of movement over the final few days before the deadline arrived. The full impact of these trades won’t be known for years to come, but that doesn’t mean we can’t analyze the deals and decide whose haul looks the best right now. Over the next week-plus, MLBTR will be running a series of polls asking which club in
  
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• Jose Leclerc To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

  26-07-2025 02:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  A’s reliever José Leclerc will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, reports Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. The hard-throwing righty has been out since April 23 with a lat strain. Leclerc will remain on the 60-day injured list for the rest of the season and become a free agent after the World Series.
  The A’s surprisingly signed Leclerc to a $10MM free agent contract. The A’s needed to spend to ensure they weren’t subject to a grievance from the MLB Playe
  
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• Astros Claim Logan Davidson, Place Brandon Walter On Injured List

  25-07-2025 21:05 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Astros announced Friday that they’ve claimed infielder Logan Davidson off waivers from the A’s and designated right-hander Nick Robertson for assignment in a corresponding move. Houston also placed lefty Brandon Walter on the 15-day injured list due to elbow inflammation and recalled righty Nick Hernandez from Triple-A Sugar Land.
  Davidson, 27, was the Athletics’ first-round pick back in 2017. He was designated for assignment earlier in the week. The Clemson product made hi
  
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• Latest On A’s Deadline Possibilities

  25-07-2025 05:17 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s are known to be listening to offers on a few back-of-the-rotation starting pitchers. There’s been comparatively less chatter about the 43-62 club’s position player group. That’s because their hitters of much regard are all controllable for a long while, but there’s a case to be made that they should entertain trading from a crowded collection of bats.
  If that happens, it won’t involve Brent Rooker. The All-Star slugger confidently told Foul Territ
  
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• Jesse Chavez Announces Retirement

  24-07-2025 21:20 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Right-hander Jesse Chavez announced his retirement on Foul Territory today. He was on the Braves’ roster until recently but was designated for assignment a week ago when that club acquired Dane Dunning. Chavez elected free agency after clearing waivers and has apparently decided to hang up his spikes in recent days.
  “I don’t think we’re gonna keep going,” Chavez said. “I think this is it, time to turn the page, focus on the next chapter in life and go help all
  
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• Draft Signings: Schoolcraft, Watson, Russell, Quick, Flemming, Root

  24-07-2025 06:28 via mlbtraderumors.com
  There were a handful of draftees who signed for between $2MM and $4MM on Wednesday. All signings were first reported by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. View pre-draft scouting reports from Baseball America, FanGraphs, MLB Pipeline, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and Keith Law of The Athletic.The Padres reached agreement with first-rounder Kruz Schoolcraft on a $3.6066MM bonus that matches the slot value for the #25 overall pick. A 6’8″ left-handed prep pitcher from Oregon, Schoolcraft was c
  
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• Athletics Sign First-Round Pick Jamie Arnold

  23-07-2025 23:29 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics have signed left-handed pitcher Jamie Arnold, reports Jim Callis of MLB.com. The A’s took him with the 11th overall pick in last week’s draft. His $5,985,100 signing bonus is full slote value for that pick.
  Arnold, 21, spent the past three years pitching for Florida State University. He finished both his 2024 and 2025 seasons with a 2.98 earned run average. He struck out over 33% of batters faced in both of those seasons.
  Pre-draft rankings from MLB Pipeline, 
  
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• Athletics Select Ben Bowden, Designate Logan Davidson For Assignment

  23-07-2025 22:04 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced today that they have selected the contract of left-hander Ben Bowden. Fellow lefty Hogan Harris has been optioned as the corresponding active roster move. Infielder Logan Davidson has been designated for assignment to open a 40-man spot.
  Bowden, 30, gets back to the big leagues for the first time in four years. He got into 39 games with the Rockies in 2021, allowing 6.56 earned runs per nine, but has been stuck in the minors since then. In early 2022, the Rays claimed him
  
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• MLBTR Podcast: David Robertson, Trade Chips For The O’s and A’s, And What The Rangers Could Do

  23-07-2025 16:56 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss…The Phillies signing David Robertson (1:40)
  Orioles general manager Mike Elias basically admitting they will be sell
  
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• Athletics Recall Carlos Cortes For MLB Debut

  22-07-2025 23:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced today that both outfielder Denzel Clarke and infielder Max Muncy have been placed on the 10-day injured list. Outfielders Colby Thomas and Carlos Cortes were recalled as the corresponding moves. No information was provided about the injuries or expected absences. According to the team’s MLB.com transaction tracker, Clarke has a right adductor strain and Muncy a right hand fracture.
  Cortes, 28, gets the call to the majors for the first time and will be making his maj
  
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• Twins Claim Jhonny Pereda, Designate Jair Camargo For Assignment

  22-07-2025 21:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Twins have claimed catcher Jhonny Pereda off waivers from the Athletics, per an announcement from the latter club, who designated him for assignment a few days ago. Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports that the Twins have optioned Pereda to Triple-A St. Paul and designated catcher Jair Camargo for assignment as the corresponding move.
  Pereda, 29, has a major league track record which is both small and unimpressive. In 39 games with the Marlins and A’s, he has stepped to the plate 86 times
  
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• A’s Listening On Jeffrey Springs, JP Sears

  21-07-2025 16:40 via mlbtraderumors.com
  A’s righty Luis Severino is a known trade candidate after his struggles pitching at home in West Sacramento and his public criticism of the playing environment there, but he’s not the only A’s starter on the market this summer. The former Oakland club is also listening to offers on lefties Jeffrey Springs and JP Sears, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
  It’s not at all surprising that the A’s would listen on Springs, given the way the season has played out. The
  
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• A’s Rebuffing Trade Interest In Mason Miller

  20-07-2025 19:19 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics are lined up to be sellers at the deadline, but their July 31 moves won’t extend to a certain long-term closer.  Mason Miller appears to be more or less untouchable, as USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes that the A’s are telling interested teams that the reliever isn’t available in trade talks.
  While things could conceivably change if a particular club makes an outsized offer, it makes sense that the A’s have no interest in moving Miller, who is u
  
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• Athletics Designate Jhonny Pereda For Assignment

  20-07-2025 04:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics have designated catcher Jhonny Pereda for assignment, per Jason Burke of A’s on SI. That’s the corresponding 40-man roster move for left-hander Ken Waldichuk’s reinstatement from the 60-day injured list. MLBTR covered Waldichuk earlier today.
  Pereda, 29, was acquired from the Marlins in an offseason DFA trade. He opened the season as the backup catcher behind Shea Langeliers. As the season has gone along, the A’s have added Willie MacIver and Austin Wynns to
  
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• AL West Notes: Trout, Rangers, Rodgers, Waldichuk

  20-07-2025 02:26 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Mike Trout was hitting .179/.264/.462 when a bone bruise in his left knee sent him to the injured list on May 2, but since being activated from the IL, Trout has been closer to his old superstar form in batting .287/.432/.483 over his last 183 plate appearances.  It might not be a coincidence that Trout has excelled since exclusively acting as a designated hitter since his return, as the Angels have been cautiously managing his leg health in the wake of both the bone bruise, and a variety o
  
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• Trevor Cahill Retires

  20-07-2025 00:19 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Right-hander Trevor Cahill has officially retired after 18 professional seasons, agent John Boggs told Newsweek’s Jon Paul Hoornstra.  Cahill’s retirement was initially noted by the Gastonia Ghost Peppers of the independent Atlantic League, after the 37-year-old Cahill made two appearances in a comeback attempt this summer.
  Before his Atlantic League work this year, Cahill’s last appearance in pro ball came when he tossed 20 2/3 innings in the Mets farm system in 2022.&nbs
  
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• Dan Straily Announces Retirement

  06-07-2025 15:29 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Eight-year MLB veteran Dan Straily has announced his retirement, as relayed by Codify Baseball on social media. Straily pitched for the A’s, Cubs, Astros, Reds, Marlins, and Orioles in his MLB career.
  Straily, 36, was a 24th-round pick by the A’s back in 2009. He made his big league debut a few years later during the 2012 season and provided league average results for Oakland down the stretch, with a 3.89 ERA in seven starts despite allowing 11 homers in those seven outings. He retur
  
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• Athletics Reinstate Zack Gelof, Release T.J. McFarland

  05-07-2025 00:45 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced today that infielder Zack Gelof has been reinstated from the 60-day injured list. He’ll take the active roster spot of infielder Luis Urías, who has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a strained right hamstring, retroactive to July 3rd. The 40-man roster had a vacancy, so no corresponding move was required there. The A’s also announced that left-hander T.J. McFarland, who was designated for assignment last week, has been released.
  Gelof has b
  
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• Padres Seeking Upgrades At Catcher

  04-07-2025 06:47 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Padres are hoping to upgrade their offensive production behind the plate as the July 31 trade deadline approaches, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic writes. It’ll likely be a thin market for available catchers, which complicates their search.
  San Diego has leaned exclusively on Elias Diaz and Martin Maldonado behind the plate this year and received virtually no production on the offensive side of things. That veteran duo has combined for a feeble .205/.268/.328 batting line in 296 plate ap
  
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• Athletics Select Colby Thomas

  30-06-2025 20:17 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced a series of roster moves Monday, notably selecting the contract of well-regarded outfield prospect Colby Thomas from Triple-A Las Vegas. The A’s also reinstated Shea Langeliers from the 10-day injured list, recalled reliever Justin Sterner from Vegas and optioned outfielder JJ Bleday, righty Tyler Ferguson and catcher Willie MacIver to Triple-A.
  Thomas, 24, was the Athletics’ third-round pick in 2022. He’s steadily climbed the minor league ranks and curr
  
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• Latest On Luis Severino

  29-06-2025 19:26 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Luis Severino is scheduled to take the mound for the Athletics later today, and he certainly seems to be relieved that this start will come on the road. Severino recently went public with criticism of the team’s stadium situation. After departing the Coliseum in Oakland at the end of the 2024 campaign, the A’s have temporarily moved into Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, the home of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. Severino compared the feeling of pitching at his current home
  
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• Dave Parker Passes Away

  29-06-2025 06:00 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Hall-of-Famer Dave Parker passed away at age 74 today after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, as the Pirates announced just prior to the start of today’s game.  The sad news comes less than a month before Parker was officially set to be inducted into Cooperstown, as Parker and Dick Allen (like Parker, a former MVP and seven-time All-Star) were voted into the Hall by the Era Committee last winter.
  A veteran of 19 Major League seasons from 1973-1991, “the Cobra”
  
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• AL West Notes: Severino, Pena, Langford

  29-06-2025 05:50 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics are playing all of their games for the next few years at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento while they wait for their stadium in Las Vegas to be constructed. It’s been expected from the very beginning that playing in a minor league stadium would be an adjustment for the players, and before the season began there were issues raised by the MLBPA that resulted in a brief scuffle over whether the park would have grass or synthetic turf. Even with concessions such as the use of
  
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• Trade Deadline Outlook: Athletics

  28-06-2025 06:57 via mlbtraderumors.com
  MLBTR's team-by-team look at the upcoming trade deadline continues with a look at the Athletics, a team that has been rebuilding for a few years now. They had an aggressive winter ahead of the 2025 campaign and showed some promise early in the season but they have since fallen back and are clearly not out of the rebuild yet.
  Record: 33-50 (0.2% playoff probability)
  Other series entries: Rockies, Giants, Phillies, Pirates, Astros, Marlins
  Sell Mode
  Impending free agents: Luis
  
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• Athletics Designate T.J. McFarland For Assignment

  27-06-2025 20:20 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Athletics announced today that right-hander Elvis Alvarado has been recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. Left-hander T.J. McFarland has been designated for assignment as the corresponding move. They also announced their release of Seth Brown, which MLBTR covered yesterday. The 40-man roster count drops to 38.
  McFarland, 36, was also with the A’s last year. He posted a solid 3.81 earned run average in 2024, with his usual blend of low strikeout totals but high numbers of ground balls. The
  
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• A’s Release Seth Brown

  27-06-2025 03:29 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Outfielder Seth Brown has become a free agent after being waived by the A’s. The MLB.com transaction log indicates that he was released. MLBTR has learned that Brown, who recently crossed the five-year service threshold, elected free agency after going unclaimed on waivers. It’s an immaterial distinction, as he’ll hit the market while retaining the remainder of this season’s $2.7MM salary in either case. The A’s had not previously designated Brown for assignment, so
  
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• Diego Segui Passes Away

  26-06-2025 03:25 via mlbtraderumors.com
  Former ERA champion Diego Segui has passed away. He was 87.
  Born in Cuba and a natural left-hander, Segui nevertheless began throwing a baseball right handed. He initially signed with the Reds but never got an opportunity in the Cincinnati farm system. He spent some time pitching for an independent team before the A’s purchased his contract. Segui would spend three seasons climbing the minor league ladder and reached the big leagues in 1962. The A’s, based in Kansas City at the
  
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• Latest On Cubs’ Rotation Targets

  25-06-2025 19:24 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The Cubs are on the hunt for rotation upgrades — a fact that’s both been widely reported and publicly confirmed by president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer. It’s easy enough to see why. Ace Justin Steele was lost for the season due to elbow surgery back in April. Shota Imanaga is returning to the rotation tomorrow, his first start since a hamstring injury sent him to the 15-day IL back on May 4. Javier Assad hasn’t pitched this year due to multiple oblique strains. Youn
  
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• A’s Release Dylan Floro

  24-06-2025 19:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  The A’s have released veteran right-handed reliever Dylan Floro, per the transaction log at MiLB.com. He’d been pitching with the Athletics’ Triple-A club in Las Vegas but is now back on the open market.
  Floro, 34, has an ugly-looking 7.04 ERA in 15 1/3 innings with the top A’s affiliate, but that number is skewed by one nightmare outing where the Dodgers’ Triple-A club pummeled him for five runs without recording an out. That outing accounts for 42% of his runs all
  
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