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Athletics Option Osvaldo Bido, Designate Jason Alexander For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | May 16, 2025 at 5:28pm CDT

The A’s made a few moves on the pitching staff before tonight’s series opener in San Francisco. They selected relievers Anthony Maldonado and Matt Krook into the big league bullpen. They’ll take the roster spots of righties Osvaldo Bido and Jason Alexander. Bido was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas, while Alexander was designated for assignment. They only needed to open one 40-man roster spot, as they still had a vacancy after returning Rule 5 pick Noah Murdock to Kansas City last week.

The pitching staff took a beating yesterday. The Dodgers put up 19 runs. Bido and Alexander took most of the damage. Bido started the game but was unable to escape the second inning, allowing six runs. Alexander was the first man out of the bullpen. He had an even tougher time, allowing nine runs on seven hits (including a trio of homers) and four walks across 2 1/3 frames. Mitch Spence took the next three innings before backup catcher Jhonny Pereda got a mop-up frame.

Bido has operated as Mark Kotsay’s fifth starter all season. He’d pitched well in a swing role last year, turning in a 3.41 ERA through 63 1/3 innings. This year has been a struggle. Bido has allowed 5.82 earned runs per nine over 43 1/3 frames. His strikeout rate has plummeted from a solid 24.3% mark to this year’s 14.6% clip. He has surrendered 10 home runs, more than two per nine innings. Bido has yet to complete six innings and has allowed four or more runs in all but one of his last five starts.

That kind of production clearly isn’t cutting it. The A’s don’t have an off day until Memorial Day. They’ll need to find another starter to operate behind Luis Severino, Jeffrey Springs, Gunnar Hoglund and JP Sears. That might be J.T. Ginn, who has been out for three weeks with elbow inflammation. He tossed 64 pitches in a rehab start in Las Vegas on Wednesday and might make his next start in the big leagues.

Alexander loses his 40-man roster spot entirely. The A’s had signed him to an offseason minor league deal and selected his contract two weeks into the season. He has given up 13 runs (12 earned) in six innings over four MLB appearances. Alexander has been far better over five Triple-A starts: a 1.27 ERA with a 23.6% strikeout rate and massive 63.6% grounder percentage across 21 1/3 frames.

Maldonado and Krook were offseason acquisitions who’ll be in line for their team debuts. The 27-year-old Maldonado debuted with 19 innings of 5.68 ERA ball for the Marlins last year. The A’s claimed the righty off waivers early in the offseason and ran him through waivers a few months later. He has been excellent for Las Vegas, reeling off 12 1/3 frames of one-run ball with 17 strikeouts. Maldonado leans most heavily on a mid-80s breaking ball and has a low-90s sinker.

Krook, 30, is a left-hander who has five career big league innings. He signed a minor league deal over the winter. Krook has allowed six runs (five earned) over 14 innings with the Aviators. He has racked up 21 strikeouts but has walked eight batters and hit another. He has gotten an impressive combination of whiffs and ground-balls throughout his minor league career, but that has been undercut by well below-average command.

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31 Comments

  1. Duffy S. Cliff

    1 month ago

    I just hope Jason Alexander knows how much joy he brings to everyone here when his name pops up…

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    Reply
    • Acoss1331

      1 month ago

      Did you tell her about shrinkage???

      5
      Reply
  2. hiflew

    1 month ago

    George is getting upset!

    12
    Reply
    • Senioreditor

      1 month ago

      Worlds are colliding!

      8
      Reply
    • DockEllisDee

      1 month ago

      I was in the pool! I was in the pool!!

      4
      Reply
    • letsholdemandgohome

      1 month ago

      “Stop by my office sometime and we’ll talk about it. Maybe you took the raisins, maybe you didn’t take the raisins.”

      6
      Reply
  3. 92jays

    1 month ago

    I like the episode when George teaches jeter and Williams how to hit

    6
    Reply
    • sugoi51

      1 month ago

      Bernie-are you the one who put us up in the Ramada in Milwaukee?
      Jeter-you know we won the World Series.
      George -snort. In six games.

      2
      Reply
  4. Motown is My Town

    1 month ago

    The sea is angry!!! Worse than two old men trying to return soup in the deli!!!!

    5
    Reply
  5. KingZeke8

    1 month ago

    What the hell did you DFA Jason Alexander for? He’s got a rocket for an arm! YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU’RE DOING!

    12
    Reply
  6. AL B DAMNED

    1 month ago

    Maybe he can hook back up with Seinfeld!

    2
    Reply
  7. positively_broad_st

    1 month ago

    The Yankees need to sign Jason Alexander. It’s a natural fit…

    12
    Reply
    • Now Yu Know

      1 month ago

      Yes!

      Reply
  8. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    1 month ago

    I thumbed up positively_broad_st even though I can’t respond to them…

    2
    Reply
    • Acoss1331

      1 month ago

      Weird same thing for me.

      2
      Reply
      • Steinbrenner2728

        1 month ago

        Same here…

        2
        Reply
        • Bucket Number Six

          1 month ago

          That’s because he muted all of us.

          1
          Reply
  9. draker

    1 month ago

    Looks like Jason Alexander might have to go back to his old job at Vandelay Industries.

    5
    Reply
    • Acoss1331

      1 month ago

      You know, he is an architect…

      2
      Reply
      • sugoi51

        1 month ago

        And a marine biologist.

        1
        Reply
  10. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    1 month ago

    Believe it or not, Jason Alexander is no longer an Athletic, please pick him up as a free agent, he’ll pick up the phone… Where could he land? Believe it or not, nobody knows!

    3
    Reply
  11. nowheredan

    1 month ago

    You’re giving him the “It’s not him, it’s me” routine!?! He INVENTED “it’s not you it’s him”. If it’s ANYONE, it’s him.

    5
    Reply
  12. Now Yu Know

    1 month ago

    Co-STAN-za

    6
    Reply
    • gbs42

      1 month ago

      Can’t-stand-ya

      4
      Reply
      • sugoi51

        4 weeks ago

        Poor Mr. Bevilaqua… he had a pretty good gig being a PE teacher before ending up homeless in front of the library.

        Reply
  13. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 month ago

    A bido farewell

    3
    Reply
  14. This one belongs to the Reds

    1 month ago

    If Jason Alexander was DFAed because they signed Kevin Newman, THAT would be a story.

    6
    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      4 weeks ago

      Andy Benes. More like Elaine, amirite?

      Reply
  15. beknighted

    1 month ago

    And he wants to be my latex salesman.

    6
    Reply
  16. Local

    1 month ago

    Well, that explains why the Aviators bullpen was so awful last night (They lost, 11 – 4.). For anyone watching the Athletics’ prospect list, don’t expect Mason Barnett to be listed as their #3 prospect much longer. He’s been a dumpster fire all season.

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  17. denistaylor

    1 month ago

    Well at least Jason can be a marine biologist until he gets into another org.

    1
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