June 27: Brooks was outrighted again, per the transaction log at MLB.com. He has the right to elect free agency, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if he reports back to Las Vegas and awaits another opportunity with the A’s.
June 25: The Athletics announced that they have recalled left-hander Jack O’Loughlin, with right-hander Aaron Brooks designated for assignment in a corresponding move. The club’s 40-man roster count drops to 39.
Brooks, 34, signed a minor league deal with the A’s in the offseason and has twice been selected to their roster. The second such selection just occurred on Sunday and Brooks went on to perform some mop-up duty for the club last night. Luis Medina started the game but was removed after recording just nine outs. Brooks then came in and covered five frames, tossing 65 pitches and letting the rest of the bullpen have a night off.
That effective yeoman’s work was likely an ironic contributor to him losing his roster spot, as he surely wasn’t going to be available for a few days. Since he’s out of options, the club had to remove him from the 40-man roster in order to get a fresh arm into the bullpen.
The A’s will now have a week to trade Brooks or pass him through waivers. The last time he lost his roster spot, earlier this month, he cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. It’s possible that the same scenario plays out again in the days to come. He has an earned run average of 5.06 over his five appearances in the majors this year, as well as a 4.30 ERA in ten appearances for the Aviators.
Ahhh. The old bring a guy up for one last start before you DFA him trick. Oldie but Goodie.
“smoke’em if you got’em”. baseball’s harsh realities.
The one A’s should designated they do not, like Diaz for example. We know Díaz is making 7mm this season but c’mon it’s common sense to keep Brooks in the folder he was doing a good job!
Call him CJ from GTA San Andreas, aww crap, here we go again.
Brooks and done.
What’s the point in bringing in a unproven fresh arm? The team still sucks and all these meaningless moves don’t change that. I think Brooks was one of the more reliable arms on the roster. Certainly better than Media, Sears and Estes. Hope we see him again.
He was better as the quarterback for the Saints
He was discount Michael Vick with the saints
How in the world is he still in the league? He won a WS ring with the Royals for crying out loud.
Dodgers bp in 3,2,1