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Athletics Acquire Aaron Brooks, Designate Danny Coulombe

By Connor Byrne | September 3, 2018 at 2:16pm CDT

The Athletics have acquired right-hander Aaron Brooks from the Brewers for cash considerations, Robert Murray of The Athletic tweets. In a corresponding move, the A’s designated left-hander Danny Coulombe, per a team announcement.

This deal continues a busy few days for Brooks, whom the Brewers selected from the minors Aug. 30 and then designated the next day. The 28-year-old didn’t throw a pitch for the Brewers, and he hasn’t taken a major league mound since 2015 – part of which he spent with the Athletics. Brooks tossed 51 innings of 6.71 ERA ball with Oakland that year after it acquired him (and Sean Manaea) from the Royals in a trade for Ben Zobrist.

More recently, Brooks did solid work with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in 2018. Despite having to pitch in hitter-friendly Colorado Springs, Brooks managed a 3.35 ERA/4.14 FIP with 6.7 K/9, 2.54 BB/9 and a 55.1 percent groundball rate over 99 1/3 innings (26 appearances, 15 starts).

Coulombe, who has been with the Athletics since they acquired him from the Dodgers in 2015, has been fairly effective in the majors. Over 143 1/3 career innings, including 139 with the A’s, Coulombe has held same-handed hitters to a .234/.304/.327 batting line and pitched to a 4.27 ERA/4.09 FIP, also notching 8.41 K/9, 3.83 BB/9 and an excellent 56.8 percent groundball rate. But major league lefties have teed off on Coulombe this season, as the the 28-year-old has yielded a .317/.364/.512 line in 23 2/3 frames. Coulombe has also registered a subpar 4.56 ERA/5.10 FIP and a 4.18 BB/9, though he has averaged nearly 10 strikeouts per nine and recorded a 51.7 percent grounder rate.

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7 Comments

  1. baseball1600

    7 years ago

    Padres take a chance on Coloumbe. He’s got good stuff.

    Reply
  2. justin-turner overdrive

    7 years ago

    A 4.14 FIP at AAA is exactly what a AAAA pitcher has.

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    • gleybertorres25

      7 years ago

      In a hitter friendly park?

      Reply
  3. stubby66

    7 years ago

    What about Jake Thompson did the Brewers get to keep him? I gotta believe he gets put back on the 40 man at the end of the season.

    Reply
  4. julyn82001

    7 years ago

    Like Danny Coulombe! Hope he can stay in the A’s system.

    Reply
  5. MetsYankeesRedSox

    7 years ago

    Stick a fork in them.
    Yankees are done.

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    • gleybertorres25

      7 years ago

      Lol

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