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Athletics’ Drew Rucinski, Yacksel Rios Require Season-Ending Surgery

By Steve Adams | July 18, 2023 at 6:04pm CDT

Athletics right-handers Drew Rucinski and Yacksel Rios will see their 2023 seasons draw to a close early due to injury, per MLB.com’s Martin Gallegos (Twitter links). Rios underwent surgery yesterday to repair an axillary branch aneurysm in his right shoulder. Rucinski will require back surgery to address what was described by the team in late June to be a degenerative condition. Both players are on the 60-day injured list already.

Rucinski, 34, had hoped to establish himself in the big leagues this season after starring in the Korea Baseball Organization for the past several years. The journeyman righty had just 54 big league innings under his belt prior to this season, all coming between 2014-18. He didn’t pitch particularly well in that time (5.33 ERA) but spent the 2019-22 seasons with the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization, pitching to a combined 3.06 ERA in 732 2/3 innings of work. The right-hander displayed remarkable consistency overseas, with his ERA sitting between 2.97 and 3.17 in all four of his KBO campaigns.

When his latest contract with the Dinos expired after the 2022 campaign, Rucinski set his sights on a return to North American ball. The A’s, hoping to find similar success to the D-backs (Merrill Kelly) and Mariners (Chris Flexen) in their own KBO dealings, signed Rucinski to a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $3MM.

Clearly, things haven’t gone as hoped. Rucinski pitched just 18 innings for Oakland, missing time first with a stomach illness, then with a knee sprain and now this current back injury. He was perhaps never at 100 percent, as the righty was tagged for 18 runs on 27 hits and 14 walks with just six strikeouts in his 18 frames for the A’s. His contract has a $5MM option for the 2024 season, though that’ll surely be bought out.

Rios, acquired in a cash deal with the Braves last month after he triggered an upward mobility clause in his contract, pitched in just three games for the A’s. In a total of 1 2/3 frames, he yielded seven runs on three hits and six walks. It was a substantial downturn from the excellent 2.49 ERA, 30.3% strikeout rate and 8.1% walk rate the hard-throwing Rios had posted in Triple-A with the Braves.

Rios has seen time in parts of six big league seasons, pitching to a combined 6.32 ERA in 98 1/3 frames. He throws hard, misses bats and has had decent results in Triple-A (4.12 ERA in six seasons), so he should get another look as a depth option somewhere in the offseason. For now, he’ll accrue Major League service time and salary on the 60-day IL. That’ll take him over three years of MLB service, making him eligible for arbitration this winter. He’ll be a non-tender candidate for the A’s following the season.

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  1. In Seager We Trust

    2 months ago

    This may actually hinder their tanking efforts.

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    • acoss13

      2 months ago

      I mean, those numbers are atrocious so whoever’s going to take their spots might have “better” numbers. They’re still going to lose a good 110 games at this pace though.

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      • stymeedone

        2 months ago

        Is it really tanking when the players are really trying?

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        • unpaidobserver

          2 months ago

          Yes tanking is what the owners do to plead poverty to their city and fanbase.

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        • Cohen’sLastWhiteTooth

          2 months ago

          If I throw a chihuahua into a ring with a pitbull, I bet it will fight it’s best. I would be tanking the fight in this case. I am A’s ownership.

          Both dogs are just sparring with headgear and gloves in this scenario.

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  2. lollar2112

    2 months ago

    If you play for the A’s wouldn’t you rather be on the IL than play?

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    • unpaidobserver

      2 months ago

      Guys who would be 30th on the roster starting every night. For a bubble player that’s the dream.

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  3. thekid9

    2 months ago

    The comments for two nobodies is amazing.
    Come in guys…. Time to put down the devices and go outside and play.

    Reply
  4. thekid9

    2 months ago

    Yeesh

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  5. thekid9

    2 months ago

    No

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  6. zacharydmanprin

    2 months ago

    And the A’s medical staff does its due diligence once again. “Is he breathing? Well how bad does it hurt? Oh, he’s fine.”

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