The Athletics announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Collin Wiles. Fellow right-hander Domingo Tapia was designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
Tapia, 31, came to the A’s on a waiver claim in April and has been shuttled back and forth between Triple-A and the big leagues all year. In 27 2/3 innings for the Las Vegas Aviators, he has a 1.95 ERA, 21.8% strikeout rate, 8.4% walk rate and 51.9% ground ball rate. However, he hasn’t been able to bring that kind of performance up to the show with him, registering an ERA of 8.47 in 17 MLB innings, along with a 13.3% strikeout rate and ghastly 15.6% walk rate.
He’ll be placed on outright waivers or release waivers in the coming days, since the trade deadline has passed. He’s never previously been outrighted and has less than three years of MLB service time, meaning he wouldn’t have the ability to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency.
Wiles, 28, was originally drafted by the Rangers, getting selected 53rd overall in 2012. He worked his way up the minor league ladder but never got the call to the big leagues, reaching free agency after 2021. He signed a minor league deal with the A’s and has spent his entire season in Triple-A so far. In 143 1/3 innings over 26 starts for Las Vegas, he has a 5.40 ERA. His 17% strikeout rate isn’t great but he’s only walking 4.3% of batters faced. Since he’s been working as a starter in the minors, he’ll give the A’s a bullpen option who should be capable or working multiple innings. He’ll be making his MLB debut as soon as he gets into a game.
Yeah well Domingo was not doing much with the little time given to showcase himself for the A’s. Hopefully, he can clear waivers and return to Oakland…
It’s always really bad when you get DFA by Oakland…
As an A’s fan – they haven’t been doing this nearly enough DFA’ing this year. So many useless AAAA scrubs and washed up vets getting extended shots this year, for no reason too, as the A’s have actual, real prospects ready now, but especially Vogt, Bride, Machin, Neuse and Pinder all had no reason to be here past the deadline, and yet they are always in the everyday lineup smh why
Worst team in the history of Oakland A’s. Even the 79 A’s had a better team with HOF Rickey. Bride could be a useful infielder but those others are all gone at the end of the year. Its amazing how bad these trades been made by the A’s GM Forst. Gave away Chapman for NOTHING.
Nope, Bride is crud. Bad defense, low IQ, I’m seeing nothing here. Hasn’t deserved this long a run that he has gotten.
Gunnar Hoglund aint nothing, 2 years of Chapman aint that valuable.
Eh, hey it worked out pretty well for Liam Hendricks!
Domingo Tapia sounds like a fungus you get from drinking tap water
The fact that Tapia was even in the MLB as bad as his is, is surprising. Throwing hard is not enough. Tapia has always walked too many, and when he misses over the plate, he get hit hard.
Keep in mind that Las Vegas Aviators ERA is massively inflated – big reason why MLB in LV will never work – but also, Wiles 27/106 BB/K ratio is what we should be looking at.