The Athletics signed right-hander Chris Ray and assigned him to Triple-A, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets. The Indians released Ray from their Triple-A team less than a week ago.
Ray posted a 2.75 ERA with 7.5 K/9 and 4.2 BB/9 in 36 innings of relief for Triple-A Columbus before being released. The 30-year-old posted a 4.68 ERA with 6.1 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 and a 46% ground ball rate in 32 2/3 innings for last year's Mariners team.
The A’s need RHP relief in AAA since most of them has been called up already.
So do the White Sox, with the exception of Matt Thornton, their whole bullpen is rookies, leaving very little depth at AAA.
How very Billy Beane of you, Billy Beane.