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A’s Acquire Austin Adams

By Nick Deeds | March 24, 2024 at 11:09am CDT

The A’s announced this morning that they’ve acquired right-hander Austin Adams from the Mets in exchange for cash considerations. Adams, who had been in camp with the Mets as a non-roster invitee, has been selected to Oakland’s 40-man roster. In a corresponding move, right-hander Trevor Gott was placed on the 60-day injured list. Gott’s placement on the shelf is hardly a surprise, as it was announced last week that the righty is set to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the 2024 season.

Adams, 32, was an eighth-round pick in the 2012 draft by the Angels but didn’t make his MLB debut until the 2017 season when he was a member of the Nationals. He entered the 2023 season with 108 big league games under his belt between his time in Washington, Seattle, and San Diego, having pitched to a 3.90 ERA with a 3.81 FIP and a 34.2% strikeout rate during that time. Despite those solid numbers, forearm and shoulder issues had limited his ability to stay on the field and capture a regular role with any of the clubs he had pitched for, leading him to sign a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks prior to the 2023 season.

His performance in Arizona was something of a mixed bag. While the right-hander yielded an unsightly 5.71 ERA in 17 1/3 innings of work with the club prior to a season-ending ankle injury last August, Adams’s peripheral numbers suggest he may have pitched better than those results would indicate. After all, the 32-year-old hurler struck out a solid 27.2% of batters faced while walking 9.9%. That left Adams with a 3.55 xERA and a 3.72 FIP, both far more palatable numbers that are more in line with his career marks. The discrepancy can be explained by both an unusually low 61.6% strand rate and an elevated .333 BABIP, leaving Adams with both far more traffic on the basepaths than expected and those runners scoring more often than usual.

Those positive peripheral signs may have played a role in the Mets decided to sign Adams to a major league deal back in November, after he elected free agency in response to being removed from Arizona’s 40-man roster. That seemingly left Adams in position to be a key piece of the bullpen mix in Queens this season, but the club scuttled those plans by signing more proven relievers such as Adam Ottavino and Jorge Lopez later that winter. That left Adams to be outrighted off the club’s roster just before Spring Training began, though he remained in camp with the club as a non-roster invitee.

Now, Adams once again appears poised to get an Opening Day job after being dealt to Oakland. With the A’s, he figures to slot into the middle of a bullpen that heavily features young arms such as Mason Miller, Kyle Muller, and Mitch Spence. If Adams pitches well early in the season, it wouldn’t be a shock to see him take on late inning duties alongside the likes of Miller and Lucas Erceg in the Oakland bullpen.

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34 Comments

  1. julyn82001

    2 years ago

    Huh?? Ok, go A’s…

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    • statman

      2 years ago

      Come on, Austin and his 5.71 ERA is a major gate attraction and should be a big boost to attendance … both of their fans should be stoked!!!

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      • ruff kuntry

        2 years ago

        The Carlos Mencia of the MLBTR community strikes again! DEE DEE DEE!

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        Reply
  2. letsgooakland123

    2 years ago

    Another reliever to throw into the fray for an Opening Day spot. I would’ve thought they’d go for a lefty with Waldichuk, Alexander, Newcomb all injured, leaving Muller as the only lefty in the bullpen.
    Maybe Francisco Perez makes the OD roster? Or Hogan Harris? Or just ride it out with one lefty for the first month or two until Alexander/Newcomb come back.
    OD bullpen:
    Miller
    Erceg
    Jimenez
    Jackson
    Spence/Boyle (whoever’s not in the rotation)
    Muller (L)
    Kelly?
    Ferguson?
    Emanuels?
    Adams?
    Perez?
    Harris?

    Last couple spots are up for grabs.

    Reply
    • Phree4u

      2 years ago

      Cheap. ✔️
      Healthy. ✔️

      he fits the MO

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      Reply
    • luca brasi

      2 years ago

      Perez had Tommy Johnson surgery last week and Waldichuk is injured and will not pitch until probably July.

      Reply
    • UWPSUPERFAN77

      2 years ago

      I am rooting for Erceg, EX Brewer!

      Reply
  3. titanic struggle

    2 years ago

    Bet he’s just thrilled..

    Reply
    • phillies012tg

      2 years ago

      He should be, now he will actually pitch this year.

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      • Jesse Chavez enthusiast

        2 years ago

        @phillies

        Exactly, he will be able to show if he still has it.

        1
        Reply
      • APD

        2 years ago

        In some people minds, it’s better to be unemployed or be lingering in AAAA status than playing for a weaker franchise…

        1
        Reply
    • BigBallsLongBat

      2 years ago

      This comment, man. Sure. He’s just angry he gets to pitch in the majors. What a burn.

      Reply
    • LLGiants64

      2 years ago

      Thrilled to have a ML contract.

      1
      Reply
      • UWPSUPERFAN77

        2 years ago

        YES! All bout the money!

        1
        Reply
  4. Steinbrenner2728

    2 years ago

    Trevor Gott on the 60-day IL? The A’s got Gott.

    1
    Reply
  5. D2323

    2 years ago

    Stearns made some decent money this offseason flipping waiver claims for cash.

    Reply
    • Herc33

      2 years ago

      We rarely know the actual amounts of cash in these deals though.

      When Oakland traded for Brad Mills like 10 years ago it was just $1. The Padres once traded a guy for a used treadmill. The cash could be substantial but it also could be basically nothing

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      • Not a clever name

        2 years ago

        To be clear Sam Mulligan brought that treadmill and $75k that was spent on weights. And it seems like a good trade too. In 1998 the Padres made the WS, gotta suspect having decent strength training equipment helped get them over the top

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        • Not a clever name

          2 years ago

          And the trade was in 1997 off season not 1998 if I recall. In 1998 off season I was actually in San Diego in recruit training and would have missed that whole offseason and never heard about the trade.

          Reply
  6. bjhaas1977

    2 years ago

    Thought he had a split deal . This doesn’t make sense unless the Mets just didn’t like him..

    Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      2 years ago

      It does make sense because he’ll have an opportunity to play in the majors with the A’s where it would have been the minor league part of the split with the Mets.

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      Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      2 years ago

      Additionally, the Mets will open a 40-man roster spot.

      Reply
      • Bill

        2 years ago

        He wasn’t on their 40 man roster. Was removed before spring training per the article.

        Reply
  7. User 2161944466

    2 years ago

    Watch me quit tinwtmy and stuff now yfwwfffjas

    Reply
  8. HiredGun23

    2 years ago

    I was once traded for used catching gear and 6 dozen baseballs. I always thought I was worth, at least, 7 dozen…

    2
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    • Not a clever name

      2 years ago

      Or at least a new set of shin guards. Used helmet and mitt was likely fair though.

      1
      Reply
      • HiredGun23

        2 years ago

        Clever…you should’ve been my agent! Hahaha

        Reply
  9. Devlsh

    2 years ago

    Even the concept of the Oakland A’s sending cash to Stearns Mets makes me shake my head.

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    • MetsSchmets

      2 years ago

      Venmo’d

      Reply
  10. Brew’88

    2 years ago

    Austin HBP Adams

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    • AgeeHarrelsonJones

      2 years ago

      24 in 52.2 IP in ‘21! Led the league as an RP. Talented dude!!

      Reply
  11. UWPSUPERFAN77

    2 years ago

    My wife and I want to guestimate the attendance for opening Day in Oakland. I say less then 10,000. She says less then 5,000. What do the fans in Oakland think?

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    • User 401527550

      2 years ago

      We will get back to you when we find one?

      Reply
    • letsgooakland123

      2 years ago

      Unfortunately you’re probably both wrong. There’s a guy on twitter (X?) counting how many unavailable seats there are on the A’s ticket purchasing website.
      He reports 13,262 “unavailable” so far, probably a touch less than that since the A’s are reserving seats for season ticket holders who didn’t renew.
      However, for the reverse boycott they’d sold 20k the morning of the game, and sold over 30k by gameday (A’s manipulated the figure as 27,759 by announcing attendance as “tickets scanned” instead of “tickets sold” and announced it in the 3rd inning when fans were still getting in).
      I’d guess that including walkups the crowd is probably 15-17k, still a huge decrease from the 26,805 last year.

      Reply

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