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A’s Place James Kaprielian On 10-Day Injured List, Designate Domingo Acevedo, Jacob Wilson For Assignment

By TC Zencka | July 31, 2021 at 1:50pm CDT

The A’s made a number of roster moves today to make room for the additions of recently acquired Yan Gomes and Josh Harrison. Aramis Garcia was optioned to Triple-A, and James Kaprielian was placed on the 10-day injured list with a shoulder impingement. To make room on the 40-man roster, Domingo Acevedo and Jacob Wilson were designated for assignment, per Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links).

Kaprielian was supposed to start tomorrow’s ballgame. Daulton Jefferies will get the call-up to take his place, so another roster move will need to be made at that point, tweets Kawahara. Jefferies made his debut in a two-inning outing last season but has spent the entirety of 2021 at Triple-A thus far. He’s made 12 starts with a 5.19 ERA spanning 59 innings.

Kaprielian, meanwhile, came up and seized a rotation spot this season. He’s marked a 3.24 ERA/4.15 FIP across 72 1/3 innings with a 26.5 percent strikeout rate and 9.1 percent walk rate. The Athletics don’t expect the shoulder issue to be significant, so the hope is that he’ll be able to return to the rotation before long.

Acevedo and Wilson will now be exposed to waivers. Acevedo, 27, made three appearances with the big league club, while Wilson was just 1-for-7 in limited playing time.

More significantly, perhaps, is Garcia’s demotion, as he’s likely to remain in Triple-A for some time as Gomes takes over the backup role to Sean Murphy. Garcia came over from Texas as part of the Elvis Andrus/Khris Davis deal that also saw Oakland swap out Jonah Heim. Garcia was intended to serve as a stopgap backup, but he hit just .205/.239/.318 in 94 plate appearances.

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14 Comments

  1. Metsfan-22

    4 years ago

    Hopes and prayers for a speedy recovery

    Reply
  2. Johnny Boy

    4 years ago

    NOOOOOOO!!! James and his dad Doug have become fan favorites to us A’s fans. 🙁

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    • Ducky Buckin Fent

      4 years ago

      Good to see that he’s been throwing well for you guys. When he was with us, he seemed like a great kid.

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    • jessaumodesto

      4 years ago

      Doug was such a good athlete growing
      Up that I truly beleive the A’s should give him a chance to throw a few innings until
      His son comes back

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  3. tstats

    4 years ago

    Do the writers rotate day by day? TC seems to be today and I saw a lot of Franco yesterday.

    Reply
  4. Monkey’s Uncle

    4 years ago

    Somebody cut and pasted the end of the first paragraph a little too aggressively, methinks.

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  5. LordD99

    4 years ago

    Kaprielian is a quality pitcher who simply can’t stay healthy for any decent stretch.

    Reply
  6. Mr_KLC

    4 years ago

    Scary for Kap with his history of arms injuries

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  7. Orel Saxhiser

    4 years ago

    Tough news about Kaprielian. Shoulder impingement doesn’t sound promising for a speedy recovery. After Sunday, the A’s have a scheduling break with five games in eights days. That means they won’t need a fifth starter until Saturday, August 14, at Texas. Fiers(elbow) doesn’t seem to be an option. What do the A’s do if Kaprielian misses a significant amount of time?

    I like the Harrison and Gomes pickups. Seattle should have been in both. I was hoping Harrison would be the plus-one in Scherzer going to the Dodgers, but am okay with how it turned out.

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    • tstats

      4 years ago

      Are you saying you wanted Harrison over Trea?

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      • Orel Saxhiser

        4 years ago

        No. I wanted Harrison because I wouldn’t have imagined Trea as a possibility. I might be more excited about him than Scherzer. A Dodger weakness is team speed. Some guys with decent speed but no legitimate base-stealing threat. Having Trea on a fastball-hitting team like the Dodgers will boost an already potent offense. It also adds an option for constructing the 2022 roster. Whatever happens with Seager, they won’t go into next year without an all-star-caliber shortstop.

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        • tstats

          4 years ago

          Ahhh that’s fair. Thank you for explaining what you meant 🙂

          Reply
  8. A'sfaninUK

    4 years ago

    Absolutely gutted for my man J-KAP – he really looks like a solid rotation piece – he and Irvin are literally why Luzardo was traded. Hope its only a couple weeks, but my own experience with that injury had mine wrecked for two months.

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  9. Dumpster Divin Theo

    4 years ago

    Too bad about Kap, but excited to see Daulton Jefferies get his opportunity to shine. Wish they’d bring AJ up as well.

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