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Athletics Outright Kyle McCann, Anthony Maldonado

By Darragh McDonald | February 6, 2025 at 10:39am CDT

The Athletics have sent catcher Kyle McCann and right-hander Anthony Maldonado outright to Triple-A, according to each player’s transaction log at MLB.com. That indicates both players cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week. Both will stay with the organization as non-roster depth and could be in big league camp as non-roster invitees.

McCann, 27, made his major league debut last year. He has generally been a high-power, high-strikeout guy in his minor league career and he carried that up to the big leagues. In his 157 plate appearances, he struck out 59 times, a huge 37.9% rate. But he also popped five home runs and walked at a solid 10.2% clip, allowing him to post a .236/.318/.371 slash line and 102 wRC+. Defensively, each of FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus and Statcast graded him as a subpar framer.

Those offensive numbers hewed fairly close to his minor league numbers, as he slashed .251/.344/.458 for a 99 wRC+ over 2022 and 2023. He struck out 32.9% of the time but drew walks in 11.1% of his plate appearances and hit 38 homers in 846 trips to the plate.

The A’s have Shea Langeliers as their primary catcher and acquired Jhonny Pereda to serve as the backup, nudging McCann off the roster. That gave other clubs a chance to grab McCann but none of them took that chance. Since McCann has less than three years of service time and this is his first career outright, he doesn’t have the right to elect free agency.

The A’s only have the two backstops on their 40-man in Langeliers and Pereda, so they’re surely glad to keep McCann around as depth without needing to use a roster spot for now. He could be the first one up if either of the two rostered backstops suffers an injury.

Maldonado, 27, was just claimed by the A’s in November. He made his major league debut with the Marlins last year, allowing 12 earned runs in 19 innings with a tepid 13.4% strikeout rate. The minor league track record is larger and more impressive. Over the past four years, he tossed 188 innings on the farm with a 3.26 earned run average, 32.4% strikeout rate and 9% walk rate.

Like McCann, this is his first career outright and he has less than three years of major league service time. That means he’ll have to accept this outright assignment, giving the A’s a depth arm for their bullpen without taking up a spot on the roster.

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  1. fjmendez

    9 months ago

    Not sure why Kyle McCann was DFAd in the first place. Glad he is still with the organization.

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    • sacball

      9 months ago

      Because Daniel Susac is about to surpass him on the depth chart..

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      • fjmendez

        9 months ago

        That is true. Damn this A’s farm system is suddenly looking great.

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        • Asfan0780

          9 months ago

          I owildnt say heat but improved. I’m spite of those terrible rebuild trades. But maybe they’ll see some pitchers Cusick, Ginn, Hoglund finally contribute and get some mlb opportunity

          Reply
  2. Lou Sassoll

    9 months ago

    I’m starting to think that roughly 40% of catchers have the last name McCann.

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    • dcftw

      9 months ago

      And somehow none of them are (directly) related.

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  3. A's Fan

    9 months ago

    I wonder if they will give Soderstrom any innings at catcher or even some time to get lost in left field in the spring. I fully expect to see Kurtz in left from time to time.

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    • fjmendez

      9 months ago

      Yeah probably Sody, langeliers, and Pereda as the three catchers. Sody and Brown platoon at 1B. Although, not guaranteed Pereda will work out and could be sent to the minors.

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  4. OaklandA'sFan!

    9 months ago

    That’s very true, there are some things like that, that stats can’t tell you. The relationship between pitcher and catcher is very important.

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  5. ❤️ MuteButton

    9 months ago

    Why are guys named McCann, always catchers ? You got James, got Brian, and Kyle. Is it because Irish guys are slow so they stick them behind the plate?

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    • paddyo furnichuh

      9 months ago

      McCann’t be true.

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      • ❤️ MuteButton

        9 months ago

        O’Buttit McCann be true (leprechauns excluded their fast little buggers)

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        • ❤️ MuteButton

          9 months ago

          *they’re (Siri is a ______!)

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