The Athletics have announced that they’ve claimed left-handed pitcher Sam Selman off waivers from the Angels. Selman was one of several players left in “DFA limbo” during the lockout, having been designated for assignment just before the transactions freeze took place.
The southpaw made his debut for the Giants in 2019 and then was one of three players that came over to the Angels as part of the Tony Watson trade with the Giants at the deadline last year. At that point in his career, he had thrown 37 2/3 innings with an ERA of 4.06. Unfortunately, he didn’t fare so well after moving to the Halos, as he logged 17 innings with a 6.35 ERA, striking out just 14.3% of batters faced in that time and walking 10.4% of them.
When the Angels signed Raisel Iglesias just before the lockout began, Selman was designated for assignment to create roster space, only coming out of DFA limbo today when the Athletics claimed him. The 31-year-old will now join an A’s bullpen that is likely to feature A.J. Puk, Adam Kolarek and Sam Moll as the top lefty options. Selman still has one option year remaining, meaning the club could potentially shuffle him between the big league club and the minors as needed.
Damn, Oakland is going to have a weak bullpen this season, unless they make additions.
The bullpen was mediocre last year and they are not losing anyone that can’t be replaced off waivers. Selman replaces Diekman who was so inconsistent its not a lost for them.
Selman’s 2022 ERA: 2.47, bet on it
Hopefully! With the A’s, you just never know. There is a chance they will still compete for a division title even if they trade everyone.
I still think Selman can be a decent arm.
Vanilla waivers are delicious, I’d claim them to
I look forward to him becoming a solid reliever somehow. Oakland green and Angels red have opposite effects on pitchers.
He’s not earth shattering, but he’s a serviceable reliever from what I saw with his time in the giants. Really just a victim of roster crunch, nothing to knock the guy that I’m aware of other than that bad second half with the angels.
I was hoping the Angels could give Selman a shot (full season) in the pen as I think he’ll turn out to be a serviceable arm.
Las Vegas A’s 2032 champs!
A’s rebuild/ reloads usually are around 3 seasons, so maybe they’ll be decent again around 2025 lol
Vegas is not a MLB town ever. Portland or Memphis before Vegas gets a team.
The Portland Crackheads? Portland, maybe 10-15 years ago could have been a viable candidate for a baseball team. That is certainly no longer the case.