The Athletics announced that left-hander Kyle Muller and infielder Tyler Nevin have each been passed through waivers unclaimed and outrighted off the 40-man roster.
Muller, 27, was a second-round pick of Atlanta and a notable prospect with that club. He came to the A’s in the December 2022 trade that sent catcher Sean Murphy the other way.
Unfortunately, he hasn’t done much to impress the A’s since coming over. He has tossed 126 1/3 innings as an Athletic over the past two years, allowing 6.20 earned runs per nine. His 8.5% walk rate and 42.5% ground ball rate are both around average but his 16% strikeout rate is well below par. He also has a 6.48 ERA in the minors since the start of 2023.
He exhausted his final option year in 2023 and was out of options in 2024. The A’s outrighted him off the roster midseason, with Muller clearing waivers and sticking in the organization. He was selected back to the roster but has now been waived once again.
Since this is his second career outright, he has the right to elect free agency. If he does so, it will be another development in making the Murphy trade look quite poor in hindsight. Royber Salinas, another player in that deal, was claimed back by Atlanta just today. Freddy Tarnok and Manny Piña departed the organization long ago. That leaves Esteury Ruiz as the only of the five players they received that’s still with the club. He is a big base stealer but has hit just .243/.297/.343 in his big league career thus far.
Nevin, 27, has bounced around the league and is settling in as a Quad-A type. He has continued to put up strong numbers in Triple-A but has flailed in the majors. At this point, he has a .204/.299/.315 batting line and 81 wRC+ in his big league career but a .313/.391/.536 line and 135 wRC+ at Triple-A over the past three years.
He exhausted his final option year in 2023 and has since bounced around. Since the start of 2024, he went from the Tigers to the Orioles and then the A’s. He was outrighted by Oakland midseason and added back to the roster. Since this is his second career outright, he has the right to elect free agency.
Phil’s gonna be pissed
Wow, these two had chances/opportunities with the A’s but quite didn’t capitalize on them. Perhaps next time? Another chance maybe?
Baseball isn’t everyone’s best skill. Maybe try carpentry or become an electrician. If not, you could stream and hope you get rich that way. Always potential for something to do as your career.
If you hit.204 as an electrician, you’re electrocuted.
Never even heard of these guys. It’s like Major League over there.
Muller had decent numbers, surprised he didn’t get claimed. Nevin is a Triple A player, his numbers at the big league level aren’t great…
It’s always a good day with one less Nevin around.
Lame
Athletics fielding too many infielders.. I was going to make a joke about how it seems like they don’t want to field a team at all with all these outrights and waivers, but now I just see they have too many unnecessary players.
Kyle Muller had a… 4.01 ERA in 2024. 49 innings, 10 walks, 36 strikeouts…for some reason, that part wasn’t mentioned.
As a braves fan, I really hated to see him go…surprised he didn’t do better, but as a lefty, I am sure he will find work in 2025
I would have kept nevin, he just needs more time to adjust to mlb. He might be a good pickup for someone…