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Rays Acquire Joey Wendle

By Connor Byrne | December 11, 2017 at 4:18pm CDT

The Rays have acquired second baseman Joey Wendle from the Athletics for a player to be named later, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com was among those to report (Twitter link). The A’s jettisoned Wendle from their 40-man roster when they designated him for assignment last Thursday.

Tampa Bay is the third organization for Wendle, who entered the pro ranks as a sixth-round pick of the Indians in 2012. They shipped him to the A’s in 2014 to acquire slugger Brandon Moss. The lefty-hitting Wendle ended up making his major league debut in 2016, and he hit a combined .266/.305/.339 in 118 plate appearances with the A’s between that year and last season. Wendle, 27, spent nearly all of the 2017 campaign with the A’s Triple-A affiliate and batted .285/.327/.429 in 510 PAs. With an option remaining, he could head back to Triple-A with the Rays and serve as depth.

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  1. baseballpun

    3 years ago

    Archer trade must be coming.

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    • redsfan48

      3 years ago

      How exactly would this be related to an Archer trade?

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      • baseballpun

        3 years ago

        It’s just more interesting to think about than Joey Wendle.

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        • houkenflouken

          3 years ago

          The 2 still aren’t related

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        • baseballpun

          3 years ago

          But imagine how interesting it would be if they were.

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        • baseballpun

          3 years ago

          When did this place lose its sense of whimsy?

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        • sufferfortribe

          3 years ago

          When Ohtani and Stanton finalized?

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  2. julyn82001

    3 years ago

    Joey will hopefully get a better chance in Tampa! It just was not enough room in Oakland!

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    • rycm131

      3 years ago

      Yea Oakland was too good. No room on their roster???

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      • MrMet19

        3 years ago

        Too many mediocre backup infielder types, at least.

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  3. justin-turner overdrive

    3 years ago

    Looks like the Rays found a fallback 2B for the fallback 2B. Wendle is a fine depth option as long as he only plays about 10 MLB games a year.

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    • baseballnerddom

      2 years ago

      Nothing wrong with this move, you never know when guys can break out. TB obviously sees something in Wendle. You can never have enough depth anyway.

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  4. aleek556

    3 years ago

    There goes my favorite member of the Nashville Sounds.

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  5. Benklasner

    3 years ago

    Finally this Joey Wendle saga has come to an end

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  6. dynamite drop in monty

    3 years ago

    Mr Wendle!!!!! Woahohohoh oh!!

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  7. abravesfan

    3 years ago

    Saw him hit a grand slam in Philly this past September, which was also a home coming for him (both HS and college at West Chester). Best of luck to him in his new organization.

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