One of the all-time success stories in Oakland A’s history is
Brandon Moss.
He came to town as a minor league free agent, a busted former top prospect looking for another chance to make good. He found it here, and broke out into a quality slugger who hit 30 homers in 2013 and made the All-Star team the next summer. And then, in the traditional rite of passage for Oakland’s best, he was traded away as his salary rose.
Moss was a boss, on and off the field, and we all loved him. He’s one of the faces of the Island of Misfit Toys, and he was recognized nationally as a legit star.
MLB Trade Rumors
Skye Bolt via waivers from the Athletics and designated right-hander
The 27-year-old Bolt only spent a few days in limbo, as the Athletics designated him April 1. He joined the team as a fourth-round pick in 2015 and later ranked as one of Baseball America’s top 20 Athletics prospects on multiple occasions, but Bolt hasn’t gotten much major league experience yet. In 2019, the only season in which he made it to the bigs, Bolt collected one hit in 11 plate appearances. Bolt has been much more successful in Triple-A, where he has batted .269/.350/.459 over 347 trips to the plate.
Goudeau had a short stay on the 40-man roster of San Francisco, which claimed him from the Orioles on March 18. The 28-year-old previously spent time with the Pirates in the offseason, and he was in the Colorado organization before that. He made his MLB debut last year, but he totaled just 8 1/3 innings of seven-run ball. Goudeau did star during his most recent minors action, 2019, when
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The Oakland A’s are losing in every way imaginable this month. That means games, injuries, and now even players from the organization.
Outfielder
Skye Bolt was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants on Monday, the A’s announced. Oakland had designated him for assignment on Thursday to remove him from the 40-man roster.
The A’s drafted Bolt in 2015 as a prospect with great raw tools but a lot to prove. He made it all the way up to an MLB debut in 2019, getting 11 plate appearances over five games and nearly hitting a homer that instead landed for a double.
MLB Trade Rumors “fatigue” in his shoulder, according to manager Bob Melvin, who said he’s
11:10am: The Athletics announced Thursday that they’ve selected the contracts of infielder
A.J. Puk to the alternate training site, placed righties
Trevor Rosenthal (right shoulder inflammation) on the injured list and designated outfielder
Lowrie, 37 in April, returned for a third go-around with the A’s over the winter when he inked a minor league deal. His two-year stint with the Mets proved to be an abject disaster, as he tallied just eight plate appearances over the life of a two-year, $20MM contract. That Lowrie was injured for the bulk of his tenure in Queens was frustrating enough for Mets fans, but the team’s bizarre and cryptic series of non-updates on the veteran infielder’s knee troubles proved extra perplexing. Eventually, the Mets termed Lowrie’s injury as “PCL laxity” in his left knee, but little additional detail was ever provided.
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