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Athletics, Zack Godley Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | July 18, 2023 at 3:33pm CDT

The A’s have agreed to a minor league contract with right-hander Zack Godley, MLBTR has learned. He’d been pitching with the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the independent Atlantic League. He’s headed to Triple-A Las Vegas for the time being and will make his first start for the Aviators on Friday.

Godley, 33, hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since a brief look with the 2021 Brewers. The right-hander was a solid member of the Diamondbacks’ rotation back in 2017-18 when he tossed 333 innings of 4.10 ERA ball with an above-average 24.7% strikeout rate against a higher-than average 9.4% walk rate.

Though Godley looked to have locked down a spot at the back of the Arizona rotation with that performance, he struggled in three subsequent seasons, in part due to injury. He spent time on the injured list with a flexor strain in 2020 and finger injuries in 2021. Overall, in the three seasons following that nice run in ’17-’18, Godley limped to a 6.75 ERA in 124 innings at the big league level.

Since 2022, Godley has been pitching in the Atlantic League, where he’s amassed 125 2/3 innings of 4.73 ERA ball. It’s not an eye-catching number, but he’s posted nice strikeout and walks rates, fanning 28% of his opponents against a 7.8% walk rate.

For the A’s, adding any and all veteran rotation depth they can find makes sense. Oakland starters have MLB’s second-worst ERA this year, with their 6.37 mark narrowly leading the 30th-ranked Rockies (6.44). Left-hander JP Sears, who has a 3.99 ERA in 106 innings on the year, is the only A’s starter with an ERA under 5.00. Oakland also has James Kaprielian, Mason Miller and Drew Rucinski on the injured list — the latter two on the 60-day IL. Down in Triple-A, 40-man options include Kyle Muller and Adrian Martinez, but both have struggled in a hitter-friendly Vegas setting.

Godley will add some experienced depth to Oakland’s group and give them an option for a spot start or simply to eat some innings at the back of the big league staff if they’re concerned about potential workload management for younger arms in the season’s second half.

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9 Comments

  1. DarkSide830

    2 years ago

    This guy has been living off 2017 for…well, since 2017.

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  2. NineChampionships

    2 years ago

    Amends for cutting ties with Jesus earlier.

    Reply
  3. DanUgglasRing

    2 years ago

    Wow playoffs coming into view A’s making a run at the wildcard

    Reply
  4. BaseballBrian

    2 years ago

    He has been DFA’d an un-Godley amount of times.

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    • MLB-1971

      2 years ago

      It is he pitches un-Godly!

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  5. Unclemike1525

    2 years ago

    I was a Honey Hunter most of my life. Don’t ever remember being in Gastonia though. Huh. But then I got old and my legs gave out.

    Reply
  6. sonorawind

    2 years ago

    Wasn’t he in the English band 10cc before he took up baseball?

    Reply
  7. solaris602

    2 years ago

    A’s fondly remember the days they plumbed the bottom of the barrel. Now they’re tunneling deep under the barrel, and so they’ve dug up the body of Zach Godley and breathed the life of mediocrity back into him. HE’S ALIVE………kinda

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    • MLB-1971

      2 years ago

      Godley wishes he could be mediocre! He is terrible, bad, no good, horrible (more synonyms place)…. just plain f…ing awful. I guess that makes him perfect for the A’s.

      He will replace any pitcher that looks half way helpful to any team contending as the A’s further depleted their roster at the trading deadline.

      Reply

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