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.
Archer trade must be coming.
How exactly would this be related to an Archer trade?
It’s just more interesting to think about than Joey Wendle.
The 2 still aren’t related
But imagine how interesting it would be if they were.
When did this place lose its sense of whimsy?
When Ohtani and Stanton finalized?
Joey will hopefully get a better chance in Tampa! It just was not enough room in Oakland!
Yea Oakland was too good. No room on their roster???
Too many mediocre backup infielder types, at least.
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.
There goes my favorite member of the Nashville Sounds.
Finally this Joey Wendle saga has come to an end
Mr Wendle!!!!! Woahohohoh oh!!
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.