The Athletics have acquired righty Jake Bray from the Orioles, per a club announcement. He represents the player to be named later in the deal that sent outfielder Jaycob Brugman to Baltimore earlier in the offseason.
Bray, 25, has not yet played above the Class A level. In 2017, he pitched to a 3.88 ERA in 51 Sally League frames. That said, he has shown some interesting peripherals at time, never more so than in his just-completed season, when he racked up 82 strikeouts against just 14 walks.
25 year old in low Class A? That sounds like the A’s may have gotten one of the Orioles top prospects.
The funny part is that it’s probably true.
The true part is not it’s not funny, and far from true.
A’s should hold onto Bray for a year and trade him back to Baltimore next offseason for $500,000 of international bonus spending.
Or lose him to the Birds in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 Draft next year.
^^ This guy should be a GM