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A’s Designate Daniel Coulombe, Release A.J. Griffin

By Steve Adams | November 25, 2015 at 12:46pm CDT

The Athletics have designated left-hander Daniel Coulombe for assignment and released right-hander A.J. Griffin, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets. Coulombe’s DFA clears space on the 40-man roster for today’s acquisition of Jed Lowrie, whereas Griffin’s release serves as resolution to his own DFA from last week.

Coulombe, 26, split the 2015 campaign between the Dodgers and A’s, logging 16 total innings with a 5.63 ERA and an 11-to-9 K/BB ratio. He showed a greater penchant for strikeouts at the Triple-A level, whiffing 41 hitters in 41 1/3 innings, but his control problems existed in Triple-A as well, as evidenced by his average of 5.2 walks per nine innings there in 2015.

Griffin’s name is a more familiar one for fans from Oakland and around the league in general. The now 28-year-old spent a season and a half in the Athletics’ rotation from 2012-13, recording a 3.60 ERA with 7.5 K.9 against 2.3 BB/9 in 282 1/3 innings. Though Griffin surrendered an alarming 36 homers in 2013, he threw exactly 200 innings of 3.83 ERA ball and looked to be settling into Oakland’s future as a back-of-the-rotation starter. However, Griffin underwent Tommy John surgery in Spring Training 2014 and returned for just 14 1/3 minor league innings this season before going down to a shoulder injury.

If he can demonstrate his health, Griffin represents a somewhat intriguing buy-low candidate — particularly for a team with a large home park, which would help to offset some of the right-hander’s extreme fly-ball tendencies.

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  1. jakesaub

    5 years ago

    Someone should take a chance on AJ Griffin, he could make a very solid 3-4 after he fully recovers from TJ

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    • ellisd19830

      5 years ago

      Braves need arms I heard.

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      • Braves Fan

        5 years ago

        Was thinking the exact same thing, and if he does extremely well we flip him for more young arms….

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        • ellisd19830

          5 years ago

          I was only kidding about the Braves… seriously now, I could see the padres making a ton of sense…

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      • stymeedone

        5 years ago

        Detroit has a spacious ballpark and has an opening or two in their rotation.

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  2. pullhitter445

    5 years ago

    White sox could use a right hander. Perfect fit for the sox, go sign him Rick Hahn.

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  3. Yougotpetcoed

    5 years ago

    Griffin and Kazmir make way too much sense for the padres.

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    • gopads

      5 years ago

      Kaz will got a lot of money for someone who has had such an up and down career – wouldn’t complain if he was in the Pads rotation but he to me is a bit of a gamble

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