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Athletics Outright Seth Brown

By Darragh McDonald | May 26, 2025 at 1:25pm CDT

First baseman/outfielder Seth Brown has been sent outright to Triple-A Las Vegas, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week.

Brown has the right to elect free agency but is unlikely to do so. Players with at least three years of service time have the right to reject outright assignments and head to the open market. However, a player with less than five years of service would have to forfeit his remaining salary in order to exercise that right. Brown is in between those two markers. He and the A’s avoided arbitration in the offseason by agreeing to a $2.7MM salary. He presumably wants to keep that money flowing and will therefore report to Vegas.

For the A’s, they will hold onto Brown as a relatively expensive non-roster depth piece, though one with some major league success under his belt. He hit .224/.294/.457 for a 111 wRC+ during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. He dipped in 2023, producing a .222/.286/.405 line and 91 wRC+.

His 2024 was fairly similar to his 2023 but with a strong finish. He hit .202/.263/.347 for a 77 wRC+ in the first half but then had a .263/.304/.413 line and 107 wRC+ in the second half. That gave the A’s enough confidence to tender him a contract going into 2025, but that bet hasn’t paid off thus far. He hit .212/.328/.308 for an 89 wRC+ before getting designated for assignment last week.

Due to that performance and his salary, no club was willing to take him on. He’ll now look to get back in a groove and work his way back to the majors, as he did in 2024. The A’s are giving some playing time to fairly inexperienced players like Denzel Clarke and Logan Davidson, so it’s entirely possible that they decide to send those guys back to the minors at some point. And as always, an injury could arise at any time, which could lead to Brown getting called back up.

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  1. Dooper

    2 months ago

    Logan Davidson’s bbref picture is terrifying.

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  2. gold masters

    2 months ago

    6 months ago, I dreamnt he was traded to the angels. Imagine, Seth brown knocking in the winning run in game 7 this year.

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    • Dooper

      2 months ago

      You need to work on getting better dreams

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      • Rsox

        2 months ago

        Maybe he meant the 7th game of the season?

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  3. bigmike0424

    2 months ago

    He will accept the assignment as money talks

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    • oscar gamble

      2 months ago

      We all would.

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  4. 3 finger split

    2 months ago

    Is Seth Brown that bad that he isn’t better than what the Padres keep trotting out to LF ?
    Seems like he could be a better option than what they have now

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    Reply
  5. rockingryan

    2 months ago

    End of an era…easily a top 15 OF of all times for the A’s

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    • zacharydmanprin

      1 month ago

      Dumbest comment I have ever seen.

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      • rockingryan

        1 month ago

        Rude. Name 14 guys who were better

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  6. stymeedone

    2 months ago

    None agreed with you, as he cleared waivers.

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  7. stymeedone

    2 months ago

    Really? Which of Ricky Henderson, Al Simmons, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Claudell Washington, Danny Murphy, Don Baylor, Mitchell Page, Jose Canseco, all three Alou brothers, Tris Speaker, Rick Monday, Stan Javier, Dave Kingman and David Justice would he top? Most of these are just from recent memory. I’m sure a deep look would drop these guys off the list.

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  8. Rsox

    2 months ago

    I kind of wanted the Sox to take a shot on him. The offense is ice cold and they need someone who has played a decent amount of First Base

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