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A’s Release Seth Brown

By Anthony Franco | June 26, 2025 at 8:29pm CDT

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 this drops their 40-man roster count to 39.

It does not impact their active roster. Brown has been on the injured list since June 13 with a minor left elbow injury. Once he reached the five-year service mark, Brown earned the right to refuse an optional assignment back to Triple-A. That meant the A’s would have needed to keep him in the majors once he was ready to return from the injured list. They instead opted to place him on waivers and allow him to move on entirely.

The lefty-hitting Brown has struggled at the major league level this year. He’s hitting .185/.303/.262 with one homer and 23 strikeouts over 76 plate appearances. He spent a couple weeks in Triple-A after being outrighted off the 40-man roster in late May. Brown obliterated minor league pitching, collecting 21 hits and seven home runs in nine games to quickly get selected back onto the MLB roster. He unfortunately was limited to five games before going on the injured list. The A’s welcomed Gio Urshela back from the IL at the same time and have decided to stick with Max Schuemann and JJ Bleday for the final two bench spots.

Brown reached 20+ home runs in consecutive seasons in 2021-22. His numbers have dropped since then, though he hit .263/.304/.413 in the second half last year to persuade the A’s to tender him an arbitration contract. They’ll remain on the hook for the rest of that money aside from the prorated portion of the $760K league minimum for whatever time he spends on another club’s MLB roster. Whichever team signs Brown would only pay the league minimum this year and could control him via arbitration for another season. That’d require a salary in a similar or higher level as this year’s $2.7MM mark, though, so he’d be a non-tender candidate in the offseason even if he finds an immediate MLB opportunity as a free agent.

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Diego Segui Passes Away

By Anthony Franco | June 25, 2025 at 8:25pm CDT

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 time, used him mostly as a starting pitcher.

The 6’0″ hurler ate a lot of innings but didn’t have great numbers. The A’s sold his contract to the Washington Senators in 1966 before reacquiring him the following year. A move to the bullpen seemed to spark him, as he posted a 3.09 ERA over 70 innings. He turned in a career-low 2.39 mark over 52 appearances the following year, the franchise’s first in Oakland.

After that season, the Seattle Pilots — a team that played one season before moving to Milwaukee and rebranding as the Brewers — selected Segui in the expansion draft. He worked to a 3.35 ERA while logging 142 1/3 frames in an age when relievers frequently threw multiple innings. The Brewers traded him back to Oakland the following offseason.

The A’s third acquisition of Segui was their most successful. He had a career year in 1970, firing 162 innings across 47 appearances (including 19 starts). He led all qualified pitchers with a 2.56 earned run average. The A’s reached the postseason the following year, allowing Segui to make his playoff debut. He got the start in an elimination game against the Orioles during the AL Championship Series. He was outpitched by Jim Palmer and the A’s dropped the game 5-3.

Segui’s time with the organization ended for good the following season, as they dealt him to the Cardinals midway through the ’72 campaign. That unfortunately immediately preceded Oakland’s run of three consecutive titles in 1972-74. Segui spent a couple seasons in St. Louis before being traded to the Red Sox. He didn’t post great numbers with Boston but was on the ’75 team that ended his former club’s three-peat in the ALCS.  While Segui did not appear in that series, he tossed a mop-up inning in a Game 5 loss to the Reds in the World Series. An inherited runner scored on a sacrifice fly, but he retired George Foster, Dave Concepcion and Cesar Geronimo in order.

The Sox dropped the ’75 World Series in a classic seven-game set, which kept Segui from ever winning a championship. He finished his big league career in 1977 with the expansion Mariners. He was the first pitcher in team history as the Opening Day starter and earned the distinction of appearing for both Seattle franchises. Thanks to his age (39) and previous Seattle ties, he received the fantastic nickname “The Ancient Mariner.”

Segui’s MLB playing days concluded after the ’77 season. He pitched in parts of 15 seasons and logged a 3.81 ERA in more than 1800 innings. Segui won 92 games, recorded nearly 1300 strikeouts, and collected 71 saves. His playing days stretched far beyond the end of his big league time, though. He pitched in the Mexican League until 1984, going through age 46. Segui also had an extended run in the Venezuelan winter league during his MLB career, for which he was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. His son David Segui would go to a 15-year MLB career of his own as a first baseman/outfielder. MLBTR sends our condolences to the Segui family and others affected by his loss.

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Latest On Cubs’ Rotation Targets

By Steve Adams | June 25, 2025 at 12:24pm CDT

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. Young right-hander Ben Brown was optioned to Triple-A yesterday amid ongoing struggles. Swingman Colin Rea, moved into the rotation during that injury deluge, has begun to struggle after initially excelling in a starting role.

Few teams have decided on a deadline direction yet, but Chicago has already been in contact with some clubs that know they’ll operate as sellers. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Cubs have inquired on Marlins right-handers Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes that the Cubs also have some interest in Pirates righty Mitch Keller (as well as closer David Bednar). He adds that they’ve kept tabs on A’s righty Luis Severino before quickly downplaying the possibility that the Athletics would actually trade the veteran right-hander in the first season of his three-year, $67MM contract.

There are surely other names on the Cubs’ radar, but the early connections are notable. That’s particularly true on the heels of 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine reporting earlier this week that the Cubs are being aggressive and are hoping to push something across the finish line well ahead of next month’s deadline — perhaps even within the next week to ten days (audio link). Levine suggested that Alcantara was not the likeliest target and that someone a bit more under the radar was more probable.

The Marlins duo stand as obvious trade candidates. Alcantara entered the season as perhaps the most plain-as-day trade candidate in the sport. The 2022 NL Cy Young winner is in his first full season back from a Tommy John procedure that cost him all of the 2024 campaign. He’s earning $17MM this year and next, and the Marlins hold a $21MM club option for the 2027 season.

Alcantara, 29, didn’t do his trade candidacy any favors early on. He pitched to an awful 8.47 ERA through the end of May, striking out only 16.9% of opponents against a 12.2% walk rate along the way. He’s since shown signs of life. Alcantara has pitched 23 innings over his past four starts and allowed a total of seven runs (2.74 ERA) on 18 hits and five walks with 19 strikeouts (20.4 K%, 5.4 BB%). His 46.4% grounder rate in that time is comfortably better than average but a ways from its 53.4% peak. His fastball velocity hasn’t been much of a question all year, averaging better than 97 mph — 97.6 mph over his past four starts. That’s down a slight bit from his 98 mph average pre-surgery, but not by an alarming measure.

If Alcantara can continue distancing himself from that bleak two-month start and continue resembling his 2022 self, the chances of a trade will only increase. Every club with even a glimmer of postseason contention would love to add the two-time All-Star with his ability to its staff, particularly when considering the relatively affordable nature of his salary under the terms of the contract extension he signed a few years back. The asking price on Alcantara figures to be steep, however, and the Marlins may wish to hold him a bit longer to allow him to continue posting improved results and further drum up interest. If that’s the case, the timing may not align with Chicago’s more urgent push for a starting pitcher.

Cabrera, 27, isn’t as well-known as his teammate but was a highly touted pitching prospect himself prior to his big league debut. He’s shown glimpses of that potential in the past, but the 2025 campaign thus far has the makings of a possible breakout. In 59 innings, Cabrera has pitched to a 3.81 ERA with a 24.8% strikeout rate, a 10.2% walk rate and a 42.9% ground-ball rate. He’s averaging a career-best 96.7 mph on his four-seamer, has ramped the usage of his sinker up to a career-high 23% and is throwing more sliders than he has in the past two seasons.

Cabrera entered the 2025 season with 2.147 years of major league service. That was enough for him to reach Super Two designation, meaning he’s already gone through the arbitration process once, coming away with a modest $1.95MM salary. He’ll be owed a raise in each of the next three offseasons before hitting free agency following the 2028 season. He’s nowhere near as established as Alcantara or Keller — Cabrera has never even pitched 100 innings in a big league season — but his power arsenal, low salary and that remaining club control hold obvious appeal.

Turning to the Pirates, Keller is a sensible enough trade candidate, even though the Bucs probably aren’t in a rush to trade him. He’s only in the second season of a five-year, $77MM contract. The former second-round pick and top prospect is earning $15MM this year, and that extension (which tacked four years and $71.6MM onto his previously agreed upon arbitration salary for 2024) calls for salaries of $16.5MM, $18MM and $20MM in the three subsequent seasons.

Keller has appeared in at least 31 games in each of the past three seasons and is on pace to do so again in 2025. He’s started 16 games and totaled 94 innings with a 4.02 ERA, an 18.5% strikeout rate, a 6.1% walk rate and a 45.5% ground-ball rate. That strikeout rate is down from 23.5% he posted in 2023-24, but Keller is getting more grounders and issuing fewer walks than in those seasons. His velocity is down about a half-mile per hour from last year, with his average four-seamer clocking in at 93.9 mph and his average sinker at 92.8 mph. Keller has made some alterations to his pitch selection, throwing his sinker less and his slider at a career-high 34.9% rate. He’s also ditched his cutter and is reincorporating a changuep that he effectively shelved for 2024.

The possibility of an intradivision trade with a player of this caliber is fascinating, if only because it rarely occurs. The Pirates are deep in pitching talent, however, with Paul Skenes anchoring the rotation and Bubba Chandler — perhaps MLB’s top pitching prospect — seemingly ready to go in Triple-A. Bailey Falter is a relative veteran at this point, and the Pirates have a deep stock of additional young arms including Mike Burrows, Braxton Ashcraft, Thomas Harrington and Hunter Barco. Jared Jones underwent Tommy John surgery this summer but looked promising as a rookie last year. Johan Oviedo was a solid fourth starter in 2023 before his own Tommy John procedure. Veteran Andrew Heaney is eating innings in the rotation right now but seems like a lock to be traded before the deadline if he’s healthy.

Whether that depth would be enough to persuade the Pirates to part with Keller is an open question. This is Ben Cherington’s sixth year as Pirates general manager, and the Bucs haven’t won more than 76 games in a season during his tenure. Trading Keller would be more akin to the large-scale rebuilding moves made earlier in his tenure, but if a trade partner were to give up immediate MLB talent, it wouldn’t necessarily indicate a step back. Dealing from a position of strength and then using the money that had been earmarked for Keller to bolster other areas of the staff could make good sense. Of course, given the Pirates’ history, it can’t be assumed that owner Bob Nutting would just pump Keller’s salary right back into the payroll by way of offseason free-agent signings or trade acquisitions.

From the Cubs’ stance, Keller or Alcantara would fit nicely into the payroll (and Cabrera even more so, of course). They’re veterans on the sort of mid-range contracts Cubs ownership seems to prefer with regard to pitchers.

The Cubs only have about $123MM in guarantees on the books next year, though that number will almost certainly rise to $138MM when the team picks up a three-year club option on Imanaga. Even still, that leaves plenty of room for Keller, Alcantara or just about any other rotation target. Assuming that Imanaga option is exercised, he and Dansby Swanson will be the only players signed beyond 2026. The Cubs obviously hope to extend Pete Crow-Armstrong and re-sign Kyle Tucker, but those goals arguably only increase the importance of finding some cost-effective ways to round out the starting staff.

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A’s Release Dylan Floro

By Steve Adams | June 24, 2025 at 12:06pm CDT

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 allowed in 16 appearances. Floro’s 17.1% strikeout rate in Triple-A is clearly well below-average, but he’s still showing good command (7.1% walk rate).

There are red flags beyond the one poor outing. Floro’s 88.2 mph average fastball velocity is down from last year’s 89.4 mph mark and down considerably from the 92.4 mph he averaged in 2022-23. He’s also made a career out of inducing weak contact but has yielded a blazing 94.7 mph average exit velocity and surrendered a 60.4% hard-hit rate. Those are both alarming trends for the well-traveled righty.

Concerning as those numbers are, Floro has a nice track record in the majors, with a 3.49 ERA, 20.8% strikeout rate, 7.2% walk rate, 50.6% grounder rate, 32 saves and 53 holds in parts of nine MLB seasons. He posted a 3.80 ERA with a 17.2% strikeout rate and 6.1% walk rate in a combined 68 2/3 big league frames between the Nationals and D-backs last year, although his 2024 campaign was a tale of two seasons; Floro posted a 2.06 ERA in 52 1/3 innings with the Nats before being clobbered for a 9.37 ERA in 16 1/3 innings with Arizona.

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Athletics Select Jack Perkins

By Mark Polishuk | June 22, 2025 at 4:12pm CDT

The A’s selected Jack Perkins’ contract from Triple-A Las Vegas today, putting the right-hander potentially in line to make his MLB debut today as a reliever during the Athletics’ game with the Guardians.  In corresponding moves, right-hander Anthony Maldonado was optioned to Triple-A, and right-hander Gunnar Hoglund was moved from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.  (Hoglund’s move to the 60-day IL was expected at some point, as he recently underwent a season-ending hip surgery.)

The 25-year-old Perkins was a fifth-round pick for the Athletics in the 2022 draft, and his numbers have steadily improved as he has climbed the minor league ladder.  Reaching Triple-A for the first time this year, Perkins has a 2.86 ERA, 11.3% walk rate, and an eye-opening 38.4% strikeout rate across 44 innings and nine starts for Las Vegas in 2025.  Most recently, Perkins has a tiny 0.55 ERA and 29 strikeouts in his last 16 1/3 frames, and this hot streak was enough to punch Perkins’ first ticket to the Show.

While he’ll begin as a reliever for now, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the A’s give Perkins a look or two in the rotation, as he has worked primarily as a starter over his four pro seasons.  Control has been a persistent issue for Perkins in the minors, as his fastball (which sits in the 94-97mph range) and slider are the only pitches in Perkins’ arsenal that he has consistently thrown for strikes.

These two plus pitches might mean that Perkins could end up in the bullpen over the long run, though better results with his cutter or curveball would help Perkins’ overall repertoire and increase his chances of sticking as a rotation arm in the big leagues.  Baseball America ranked Perkins as the fourth-best prospect in the Athletics’ farm system, while MLB Pipeline ranked him ninth.

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A’s Notes: Ginn, Gelof, Fisher

By Anthony Franco | June 17, 2025 at 11:15pm CDT

The A’s activated J.T. Ginn from the injured list on Tuesday, but the 26-year-old righty is not immediately returning to the rotation. Manager Mark Kotsay said before Tuesday’s game that Ginn would be available out of the bullpen (via Jessica Kleinschmidt). He’s already made his first relief appearance, firing three scoreless innings behind Mitch Spence last night.

Ginn had started his first four appearances of the season. He posted a 5.60 ERA across 17 innings while missing time to both elbow inflammation and a quad strain. The former second-round pick started six of his eight MLB outings last year as a rookie, allowing 4.24 earned runs per nine through 34 frames. The A’s evidently prefer him in multi-inning relief in the short term rather than bumping someone — likely Spence or Jacob Lopez — out of the starting five.

Zack Gelof is also nearing a return, as he began a rehab stint at Triple-A Las Vegas tonight. He took three plate appearances as a designated hitter in his first game action in over six weeks. Gelof has missed the entire season. He fractured his wrist on a Spring Training hit-by-pitch and required hamate surgery. That knocked him out for a month. He began a rehab assignment in early May but quickly suffered a rib injury that cost him another month and a half. He’ll need a while to get up to MLB readiness but should make his season debut within the next couple weeks. Position players can spend up to 20 days on a rehab assignment.

Luis Urías has stepped in as the regular second baseman in Gelof’s absence. He’s having a decent year, hitting .249/.338/.407 with seven homers through 207 plate appearances. Urías is playing on a cheap one-year deal and is an impending free agent. The 30-45 A’s will presumably try to drum up trade interest before next month’s deadline.

In an A’s-adjacent development, Sportico’s Kurt Badenhousen reports that owner John Fisher is pursuing a sale of his Major League Soccer franchise, the San Jose Earthquakes. Fisher has owned the MLS franchise for nearly two decades. According to Sportico, he intends to sell the majority stake of the soccer organization and has contracted an investment bank to facilitate the sale. Sportico valued the team around $600M in January.

That sale comes in the first year of what is expected to be a three-year process for the construction of the A’s new stadium in Las Vegas. The A’s secured upwards of $350MM in public funding towards an estimated $1.75 billion cost estimate. Fisher has reportedly sought to raise at least half a billion dollars in private funding through selling minority shares of the Athletics. It’s unclear whether and to what extent his desire to sell the Earthquakes is related to the A’s stadium plan. Last week, Mick Akers of The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the A’s have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for their new facility on June 23 — though that’s largely an aesthetic measure after construction crews began preliminary work at the site in April.

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A’s Sign Scott McGough To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | June 17, 2025 at 11:07am CDT

The Athletics signed righty Scott McGough to a minor league pact over the weekend. McGough, a Wasserman client, has been assigned to Triple-A for the time being. The team never formally announced the deal, but McGough made his debut with the organization already, tossing a scoreless two-thirds of an inning with Las Vegas. The D-backs outrighted him earlier this month, but he opted for free agency and a change of scenery after two-plus years in the Diamondbacks organization.

McGough, 35, signed a two-year deal with the Snakes back in the 2022-23 offseason. At that time, he carried scant big league experience but had just produced a terrific four-year run in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. He posted a grisly 4.73 ERA in his first season with the D-backs but logged a more encouraging 28.6% strikeout rate. His 2024 campaign was worse across the board. McGough was rocked for a 7.44 ERA in 32 2/3 innings. His strikeout rate plummeted to 16.7%, and his walk rate spiked from 10% to 14%. Arizona unsurprisingly declined a 2025 club option they’d held over the veteran reliever, but he eventually returned on a new minor league contract.

McGough pitched well enough in Triple-A to earn another look in the majors this year, but he was roughed up for five runs on in seven innings while tallying more walks than strikeouts. He’ll head to the Athletics’ Triple-A club now and try to build on his strong run in Reno earlier this season, in hopes of getting a look in a fresh big league setting. The A’s are short on experienced relievers; Mason Miller, T.J. McFarland and Sean Newcomb are the only three members of the current bullpen with even two years of major league service time. They looked to bring in another veteran over the winter when signing José Leclerc, but he’s been out since late April due to a lat strain.

In 116 2/3 major league frames, McGough has a 5.86 ERA, but he’s notched a career 4.50 ERA in Triple-A (3.38 since returning from Japan) and a 2.94 mark in NPB. He’s fanned 28.6% of his Triple-A opponents this year, versus a 6.3% walk rate.

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Gunnar Hoglund Done For Season Due To Hip Surgery

By Darragh McDonald | June 13, 2025 at 4:10pm CDT

4:10pm: The A’s have now announced the surgery, per Jessica Kleinschmidt of Baseball America, saying the Hoglund will indeed miss the rest of this year.

2:05pm: Athletics right-hander Gunnar Hoglund will be undergoing hip surgery today and is likely done for the year. The news was reported by his agent Nate Heisler of Klutch Sports (hat tip to Ari Alexander of KPRC 2). Hoglund is already on the 15-day IL but will be transferred to the 60-day IL once the A’s need to open a 40-man roster spot.

It’s an unfortunate setback for Hoglund, a notable young talent who has been held back by health issues. He required Tommy John surgery in May of 2021 while pitching in college, just a few weeks ahead of that year’s draft. Originally projected to be selected in the top ten picks of the draft, the injury seemingly knocked him down a bit, but the Blue Jays took him with the 19th pick.

Before he was even done rehabbing from that surgery, he was flipped to the A’s as part of the Matt Chapman deal in March of 2022. He was able to get back on the mound that year but only logged eight innings. He got up to 61 innings in 2023, though with a 6.05 earned run average.

Last year was a nice step forward, as he logged 130 2/3 innings on the farm with a 3.44 ERA. His 22.7% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate were both solid numbers. He was added to the club’s 40-man roster to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft.

He started this year back at Triple-A and posted a 2.43 ERA over six starts. That got him called up to make his major league debut. The initial results were shaky, with a 6.40 ERA and 16.5% strikeout rate, but that was a small sample of just six starts and it’s possible his hip injury was already bothering him. He was placed on the IL at the start of June.

Now it’s going to be another extended stretch of injury rehab, which is tough timing on a couple of fronts. As mentioned, he had some momentum from a strong 2024 season, both in terms of the quality and quantity of his work. Now 2025 is going to be a step back.

Also, the A’s are 26-44, below every American League team except the White Sox. That’s exactly the right time for exciting young players like Hoglund to develop at the major league level. Ideally, he could have made 20 or more big league starts over the rest of the campaign, but that won’t happen now. He could get back on track in 2026 but will be coming off a mostly lost season. He’ll collect major league pay and service time while on the IL but will come up short of one year of service time since he wasn’t called up until May.

For the A’s, they will likely proceed through the rest of the season under the assumption that Hoglund won’t be a factor. The current rotation consists of Luis Severino, Jeffrey Springs, JP Sears, Mitch Spence and Jacob Lopez. Guys like Joey Estes and Luis Morales are down in Triple-A, though Estes is on the minor league IL. The major league IL features guys like Ken Waldichuk, J.T. Ginn and Brady Basso, who could be factors after getting healthy.

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Athletics Outright Carlos Durán

By Darragh McDonald | June 11, 2025 at 4:33pm CDT

The Athletics announced today that right-hander Carlos Durán, who was designated for assignment a few days ago, has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. He’ll stick with the club as non-roster depth.

Durán, 23, has spent most of his professional career in the Dodgers’ system. He was traded to the A’s in early April for outfielder Esteury Ruiz. The A’s added Durán to their 40-man roster at the end of April.

Since then, he’s been shuttled to Triple-A and back a few times. He’s only been able to make one major league appearance, which didn’t go especially well. On May 22nd, he was sent into the game against the Angels with the A’s down 7-5 in the ninth. He got the first batter to pop out but then allowed two walks, a single and then a bases-loaded walk. Hogan Harris then came into the game and allowed two more baserunners to score. That left Durán charged with three earned runs in a third of an inning, so he currently sports an unfortunate 81.00 earned run average in his career.

He has occasionally shown some promise in the minors but that hasn’t been the case here in 2025. He has logged 31 1/3 Triple-A innings with a 7.18 ERA. That’s been in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League but he hasn’t helped his cause with a 17.1% walk rate.

Since this is Durán’s first outright and he doesn’t have three years of big league service time, he doesn’t have the right to elect free agency. The A’s will therefore hang onto him and try to get him back on track. He was able to put up some good numbers as recently as last year, when he had a 3.71 ERA and 29.4% strikeout rate in 53 1/3 innings. His 12.9% walk rate was definitely high but also miles better than this year’s control.

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Yankees Claim CJ Alexander

By Mark Polishuk | June 8, 2025 at 1:55pm CDT

The Yankees and Athletics have each announced that infielder CJ Alexander is heading to New York on a waiver claim.  The A’s designated Alexander for assignment three days ago.

Alexander was optioned to the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, where he’ll act as a left-handed hitting depth option at multiple positions.  Most of Alexander’s pro experience has come at third base, which is notable given how the hot corner has often been considered a weak link in New York’s otherwise sterling lineup.  Jazz Chisholm Jr. has the position locked down for now since DJ LeMahieu is being deployed at second base, and it is possible the infield situation might resolve itself if LeMahieu can regain any of his old form at the plate.

Oswald Peraza and Pablo Reyes are ahead of Alexander on the big league depth chart in terms of backup infielders, so Alexander may have a tough time cracking the Yankees’ roster.  The 28-year-old Alexander can also play first base and both corner outfield positions, and he is a left-handed hitter (Peraza, Reyes, and LeMahieu all swing from the right side).

A 20th-round pick for the Braves in the 2018 draft, Alexander made it to the Show with the Royals in 2024, and got into another handful of games with the A’s this year.  Alexander’s brief time in the majors has resulted in only four hits in 25 plate appearances (for a .320 OPS), but he has hit well at Triple-A, with a .264/.330/.502 slash line and 42 home runs to show for 908 career PA at the top minor league level.

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