December 19: The A’s have officially announced the signing of Gott to a one-year deal. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic relays the financials. Gott is guaranteed $1.5MM, with bonuses of $50K available for making 45 and 50 appearances. There’s a $100K bonus if he’s traded.
December 15: The A’s are in agreement with reliever Trevor Gott on a major league contract, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (X link). Financial terms are not clear. The A’s have a full 40-man roster, meaning they’ll need to make a corresponding DFA once the contract is official. Gott is represented by Sports One Athlete Management.
Gott was non-tendered by the Mets. He’d been projected for a modest $2MM salary, but New York apparently didn’t envision him holding a middle innings spot all season. He should have that opportunity in Oakland, where he’s one of the most experienced pitchers in a bullpen full of uncertainty.
The 31-year-old righty has appeared in parts of eight MLB seasons, although he has between five and six years of service time overall. Gott has appeared with the Angels, Nationals, Giants, Brewers, Mariners and Mets over the course of his career. He turned in serviceable middle relief results between Seattle and New York this year, pitching to a 4.19 ERA through 58 innings.
Gott struck hitters out at an average 23.8% clip while walking fewer than 8% of opponents. He didn’t miss many bats on a per-pitch basis, generating swinging strikes on only 9.2% of his offerings. That came with a slight velocity dip. After averaging north of 95 MPH on his sinker and four-seam in 2022, he sat in the 93-94 MPH range last season.
Even in the absence of overpowering stuff, Gott posted better results than most Oakland relievers. Only the Rockies and Royals had a higher bullpen ERA than the 5.20 mark turned in by the A’s. Among the team’s relievers with 20+ frames, Austin Pruitt, Trevor May and Dany Jiménez worked to a sub-4.00 ERA. Pruitt was waived and elected free agency; May retired. Jiménez found his decent results in 22 1/3 innings with mediocre strikeout and walk rates.
Gott could therefore pick up some high-leverage work for skipper Mark Kotsay. He’ll return to free agency again next winter. As a decent veteran arm on what’s surely a low-cost guarantee, he could find himself on the move for a mid-level prospect at next summer’s trade deadline.
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He’s in line to have that Trevor May role.
Good. Plenty of room with a very young A’s team…
Another pitcher off the board.
Even the A’s are adding pitching.
And the Angels don’t do anything.
They’re still waiting by the phone hoping Ohtani calls and says he made a mistake. Sad, really.
They are still hoping Nolan Ryan comes out of retirement and Frank Tanaka puts down those daquries.
welcome to hell
Trevor got Gott
Say what ya like ladies n gents but this A’s org are piecing together a little masterpiece
@Yo
I hope so. I’ve never been more angry with a team as I am with Fisher. As a Coventrian & a Coventry City fan we are used to being s*** on from a great height.
So I’m still optimistic that Vegas realises that Fisher is about to drop a giant impoverist s*** on their doorstep.
And he then has to go begging back to Oakland…
Merry Christmas all round…
@jimbob
He – Mark Robins – has somehow saved our club. We were relegated from the Premier league through 3 divisions. To the equivalent of single A. We’re getting there – steadily – and have hope again. Come on the mighty Sky Blues!
Yeah, a masterpiece. Just like the restoration of that Spanish Jesus fresco that made him look like Sloth from The Goonies.
Probably had to overpay and promise him shot at closers role. A’s like spending a chunk of money on veteran relievers and then flip them at deadline. Probably won’t be many games to close, although trevor may had 21 saves on a 50 win team
They’ve already stated the closer role will go to Mason Miller. I don’t even see Gott being the setup man. He’s a fine reliever, but I’d personally go with Jimenez or Jackson to setup for Miller. Either way, he’s a nice piece for their bullpen.
They also said Miller will start as a middle reliever until he adjusts to a regular bullpen, high-leverage role. As a big A’s fan, I’m not that high on Jimenez but I do think that Jackson is a plus reliever in any bullpen. Agree that he’s a nice add.
He literally must have run out of teams wanting to get Gott.
Have you gotten tired of your trite “joke” ?
I don’t think he’s Gotten tired of it yet.
It’s a major league contract but a minor league roster
He knows what he Gott with this signing. He’s probably going to be flipped at the deadline and go to a contending team the rest of the way.
Ladies and gentlemen, we Gott him!
Gott Dammit
Trevor Gott a job for 2024.
He’ll be in Philly after the all star break……
That 100k bonus for being traded is most definitely happening.
There’s only one Trevor pitcher we’re curious if he’ll be signed.
Oh that Trevor…
At this rate, dude might be blacklisted from MLB.
Magic 8 Ball says not likely.
*insert cringe “Got” joke*
A’s off season is complete Goff should get them to 55 wins this season. Good job Beane – you have not lost your touch.
With Pruitt and May gone the As bullpen is probably below most AAA teams. And both those guys were pretty not good.
MLB should delete the As as a franchise leaving John fisher with nothing. Then after he hopefully commits familicide (of course he’s included), MLB creates an expansion As team.
I thought Trevor was related to Jim Gott but he’s nott.
Whatt?
And Billy Eppler spent $4m to add Gott ($7m when you add in taxes).four weeks before the Deadline. Amazing.
Gott was the best Eppler could come up with, a guy giving up 10 hits per 9 ip.
No wonder Cohen ratted him out to MLB.
At least they Gott someone.
The A’s Gott their man.
Another great move by Eppler – cost Mets millions to essentially buy him last year
He hets more money if traded to a team trying to win.
Pretty cool for him if it happens.
$100K bonus if traded? Well, that’s not happening.
This is sad. The A’s signed a ML deal before the Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, Orioles and a few other teams
I wish ms would have gott him back ♂️
Buttered noodles with meatballs tonight with some Merlot. What’s everyone else having?
That’s Gott, not Gutt.
I ate an entire costo roasted chicken and a glass of oj.
A’s top 5 paid players:
1. Aledmys Diaz – $8 million
2. Paul Blackburn – $2.9 million (arb estimate)
3. Seth Brown – $2 million (arb estimate)
4. Miguel Andujar – $1.7 million
5. Trevor Gott – $1.5 million
I don’t know what’s more pathetic, that the A’s highest paid player is making only $8M or that Díaz (arguably the worst player on the team) is their highest paid player.
8 million for Diaz? Jeez that’s too much for him.
The Royals s/b in Vegas. A’s back to KC…..
Trevor got deal
As got Gott
Major league contract. Minor league everything else.