The Athletics have claimed Tyler Nevin off waivers, as per an announcement from both the A’s and Orioles. Oakland has designated right-hander Adrian Martinez for assignment to create roster space. Baltimore designated Nevin, Ryan McKenna and Nick Maton for assignment in the lead-up to Opening Day, and McKenna and Maton have both cleared waivers and have been outrighted to the Orioles’ Triple-A club.
Nevin will now head to a new organization after spending the last few seasons with the Orioles and Tigers. Baltimore acquired Nevin from the Rockies in 2020, and he made his MLB debut in 2021 and appeared in 64 games for the Orioles in 2021-22. Detroit picked up Nevin in a deal during the 2022-23 offseason, and the Orioles then brought him back in another trade last January. Even with Baltimore’s wealth of young infielders and the presence of Ramon Urias and Jorge Mateo, the O’s still looked to add some more experienced utility depth, though Tony Kemp ended up taking that role rather than Nevin, Maton, or minor league signing Kolten Wong.
Nevin has a modest .203/.310/.301 slash line over 313 plate appearances in the majors, as his ability to handle both corner infield and corner outfield positions has been more valuable than his bat in garnering more time on big-league rosters. He has hit quite well at the Triple-A level of the last two seasons, and as a former first-round pick (38th overall by the Rockies in 2015), there might still be some hope that Nevin can unlock more at the plate as he approaches his 27th birthday.
Seth Brown, Lawrence Butler, and Ryan Noda are all left-handed regulars in the Athletics lineup, so Nevin might fit as a right-handed hitting complement at first base or as a corner outfielder. The rebuilding A’s figure to prioritize playing time for most of their younger players, but Nevin can provide some experienced depth if the Athletics want to give any of their youngsters (perhaps Darell Hernaiz) more regular playing time at Triple-A.
Martinez has a 5.51 ERA in 112 2/3 career MLB innings, all with Oakland in 2022-23. Martinez worked as a starter in 2022 but was used primarily in relief last year, though the role change didn’t lead to any uptick in his uninspiring strikeout or walk rates. Acquired from the Padres as part of the Sean Manaea trade almost exactly two years ago, Martinez’s big league numbers are actually better than his 6.19 ERA in 173 innings of Triple-A ball, as Pacific Coast League batters mashed 39 homers off Martinez in the hitter-friendly environment.
Eh, yeah OK… Go A’s…
SMH with all the talent the A’s have traded away in the last 5 years you would think they got back some future players. This is just another failed trade by A’s GM cutting a player the GM highly recommended.
Well they basically traded Kemp for Nevin
So there is that
i was talking about Martinez who was supposed to be a future ace when they traded for him. The A’s have traded away Olson, Murphy, Chapman, Manaea, and ect.. With nothing to show for the trades.
Manaea was a giveaway. Martinez wasn’t a real prospect.
He was not a give away. Martinez was a top 10 Padre prospect.
Martinez was definitely not a top 10 prospect in SD’s system. The headliner and higher ranked prospect in that deal was Angeles, who was like right around ~10th in the Padres system when he was dealt.
Martinez was a late bloomer and never really ranked highly on SD’s prospect lists. By the time of the trade he was like a fringe top 30 prospect for SD because he was getting really good results in the high minors and was basically MLB ready. Essentially he was outperforming his prospect ranking, but even then the scouting reports on him were basically that he was a potential backend starter who might end up in the bullpen.
Angeles was a throw in. Was never a top 20 prospect even in A’s team.
mlb.com/prospects/2022/padres/
Martinez was 26th in the padres system. As a AAA pitcher.
He was a low ceiling depth starter. Manaea was sadly a salary dump. Shouldn’t come as a total surprise that Martinez was a nothing.
lol no he was not a top prospect at all. Nevin can hit, good pickup for the A’s especially with losing kemp
Nevin was a part of the Mychal Givens trade in 2020 actually.
He was
Phil Nevin didn’t really cement himself as a MLB regular til his fifth big league season in 1999 with the Padres (after bouncing from the Astros to the Tigers to the Angels). Maybe Tyler lucks out and follows his father’s trajectory
If only Tyler can get that magic potion that Phil got in the late 90’s
Thank you for answering my question. Was he related to Phil Nevin, a good former player.
A’s always trying to make up for past God Awful # 1 draft picks as they took Richie Martin for their boney no hit shortstop fetish they had . Now they have collected from the 2015 draft # 36 and #37 th in Daz Cameron and just mentioned Nevin . Other teams payed a combined 6 million dollar for them . Daz got $4 mill . Damn he did good . I hope he still has some of that money while playing for the Las Vegas Aviators .
Probably a personal favor from A’s Manager, Mark Kotsay, who played with Nevin’s dad in college (Cal State Fullerton) and in MLB (Padres). Nevin’s dad would probably be an upgrade to the A’s coaching staff as well.
This one is questionable.
Kotsay was a teammate of Nevin’s father.
Remibd me of Hoy Park and his ST numbers
Tyler Nevin was good in spring training. Nepotism doesn’t hurt but Oakland seems like a reasonable team to take a look.
Following the attendance at Oakland. Will the total attendance top 500,000? I doubt so. I feel sorry for your fans in the Bay area.
Oakland you are rebuilding, what would it take to take Joe Boyle off ya hands. If Boston traded Valdez and Meyer would ya listen? I wish Oakland management would, I think Boyle has the stuff to be an eventual ace in a couple years. I also think teaming up with Andrew Bailey would teach Boyle the art of pitching not just throwing. Everyone in Boston is throwing more breaking pitches than usual this year. It seemed 3 out of 4 games to keep Seattle off-guard.