The A’s announced that left-hander Sam Long has been acquired in a trade with the Giants, with cash considerations heading San Francisco’s way. Long was designated for assignment by the Giants earlier this week after the club acquired Cal Stevenson (another DFA’ed player) from the Athletics for money, essentially making the pair of transactions into a Stevenson-for-Long swap.
Long made his MLB debut in 2021, and the Giants shuttled him back and forth from Triple-A several times over the course of the last two seasons, with Long amassing 83 big league innings in total. The lack of stability probably didn’t help Long get too comfortable in the Show, but after posting a 5.53 ERA over 40 2/3 frames in 2021, he improved to a 3.61 ERA in 42 1/3 innings last year.
Fielding-independent metrics indicated Long was pretty similar in both seasons, and his career 4.55 ERA came close to the midpoint between his 4.80 xFIP and 4.35 SIERA. Long has done a good job of limiting walks but he hasn’t missed many bats, and he has been tagged for 13 home runs in his 83 MLB innings. The results haven’t been there in the minors this season, however, as Long has a 9.90 ERA over 10 innings with Triple-A Sacramento.
This was enough for the Giants to part ways, and the A’s will now see if Long can provide any relief depth either in the minors or in their Major League bullpen. The Athletics have been struggling in all facets of the game and the relief corps is no exception, so Long might find some opportunity on a club desperate for any help. Sam Moll and Richard Lovelady are the current left-handed options in Oakland’s pen.
Two transactions within a week counts as a huge flurry of activity in the limited trade history between the A’s and Giants. The two Bay Area rivals last connected on an actual player-for-player trade in December 1990, with five player-for-cash swaps happening in the interim.
I heard it’s a 3 team trade involving Zack Short
Guess he’s the new long man in A’s BP
Allan (Sam You Made The Pants Too Long) Sherman says hello.
I wonder what he did to deserve this.
Compiled a 9.90 ERA in Sacramento.
Go to a team with a rich history of winning. Lmfao you think every year a team can be a playoff team lmafao
You and that Reds guy are the worst posters here. It’s like you have a computer generated predictable comment to just copy paste to everything you don’t like.
Lmfao nahhh but thanks for feed back
Not one of my comments has been the same . Lmfao guys like you who spend all day looking for a fight but don’t realize how pathetic they really sound. Again not once have I said the same comment. Like I said nice try though. Go look for another chump to pick on
Long is a kings fan we still support him!
Hope for Long’s sake he ends up in Oakland’s bullpen and not sent to AAA. Very few players go through the DFA process and simply end up with a longer commute to work.
well if he goes to AAA he’ll get used to Nevada ahead of the move
Move? Bold of you to assume a ‘move’ would eventually happen
F U John Fisher
Is there any cash to consider in Oakland?
Is there cash to consider in Oakland?
Next article – Athletics designate Fujinami for assignment.
Fun Fact: The last two Oakland A’s lefties they’ve acquired (Lovelady & Long) were born exactly one day apart. #snapplefacts
the missing piece
watch out world, here comes the Oakland Athletics!