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Athletics Outright Lázaro Armenteros

By Darragh McDonald | May 9, 2024 at 5:25pm CDT

Outfielder Lázaro Armenteros has cleared waivers and been sent outright to Triple-A Las Vegas, reports Francys Romero on X. The outfielder was designated for assignment by the Athletics earlier this week.

Armenteros is now on the cusp of his 25th birthday, which will arrive on May 22. Once a high-profile prospect out of Cuba, he signed with the A’s in 2016, earning a $3MM bonus at that time. Baseball America ranked him as one of the club’s top 30 prospects in five straight years after he entered the system.

His natural athleticism has been on display for quite some time, with obvious speed and power. But as he has spent time in affiliated ball, strikeouts have been an ongoing problem. Apart from a brief stint in Rookie ball back in 2017, he’s never had a strikeout rate lower than 32.8% at any stop on the minor league ladder. He’s hit some home runs and stolen some bases along the way, but those punchouts have sapped his prospect stock.

Splitting his time between High-A and Double-A last year, he continued to strike out in a third of his plate appearances but offset that somewhat with a 14.9% walk rate. He also hit 20 homers and stole 17 bases. His combined batting line of .252/.383/.496 led to a 134 wRC+.

That showing was strong enough that the A’s were worried about losing him in the Rule 5 draft, so they added him to their 40-man roster in November. They promoted him to Triple-A to start this year but the results have not been pretty. In 72 plate appearances, he’s been punched out 37 times, a 51.4% clip. He’s drawn walks at a 12.5% rate but his .133/.278/.250 line is obviously rough.

The A’s bumped him off their 40-man when selecting left-hander Tyler Ferguson this week. The other 29 clubs all passed on a chance to grab him off waivers, so Armenteros will return to Vegas and try to play his way back onto the roster.

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5 Comments

  1. zacharydmanprin

    1 year ago

    Swing and a miss…

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  2. Yeti

    1 year ago

    A grade name goes a long way. Hopefully he’s been saving.

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  3. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    1 year ago

    Lazaro will tag a ball in Vegas

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  4. vtadave

    1 year ago

    Lazarito is sadly, Larzarbusto

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  5. redsfan48

    1 year ago

    Mildly surprised nobody tried to claim and option him. He’s had success throughout his minor league career prior to this year, so wouldn’t have been a surprise if he rebounded, especially with a change of scenery.

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