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Reuters
17-06-2025
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- Reuters
Athletics activate 3B Gio Urshela, place OF Seth Brown in IL
June 17 - The Athletics activated third baseman Gio Urshela from the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday night's game against the visiting Houston Astros. Urshela has been sidelined with a left hamstring strain. He was injured during a 10-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on May 22. The Athletics placed outfielder Seth Brown (elbow) on the 10-day IL in a corresponding move, retroactive to June 13. Urshela is not in the starting lineup Tuesday against Houston. Max Muncy is the third baseman. Urshela, 33, is batting .224 with 13 RBIs in 32 games this season, his first with the Athletics. The A's are his eighth big-league team. Overall, Urshela is a .271 career hitter with 73 homers and 345 RBIs in 824 games. He enjoyed his best season in 2019 when he established career highs of a .314 average, 21 homers and 74 RBIs in 132 games with the New York Yankees. Brown, 32, is batting .185 with one homer and three RBIs in 38 games this season. Brown first reached the majors in 2019 with the A's and has 74 homers and 233 RBIs to go with a .226 average in 568 games. He hit 20 homers in 2021 and had career bests of 25 homers and 73 RBIs in 2022. Also, Athletics second baseman Zack Gelof is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday. Gelof, 25, broke his right hand during spring training and then sustained a stress reaction in his ribs during a rehab stint in early May. Gelof batted .211 with 17 homers and 49 RBIs in 138 games for the A's in 2024. He struck out 188 times, most in the American League. --Field Level Media
Reuters
06-06-2025
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- Reuters
Athletics place C Shea Langeliers (oblique) on IL
June 6 - The Athletics placed catcher Shea Langeliers on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a left oblique strain. Langeliers was injured during a sixth-inning at-bat in a 14-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. He grabbed his left side after fouling off a pitch. Catcher Jhonny Pereda was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. The Athletics also recalled outfielder Seth Brown from Las Vegas and designated outfielder Drew Avans for assignment. Langeliers, 27, is batting .237 with 10 homers and 27 RBIs in 56 games this season. Langeliers set career highs of 29 homers and 80 RBIs in 2024. He has a .219 average with 67 homers and 192 RBIs in 368 games over three-plus major league seasons. Pereda, 29, was 6-for-36 (.167) with two RBIs in 16 games with the Athletics earlier in the season. He achieved a level of fame on May 15 when he struck out Shohei Ohtani while mopping up a 19-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brown, 32, batted .212 with one homer and three RBIs in 33 games with the Athletics earlier this season. He was outrighted to Las Vegas on May 25. Avans, who turns 29 on June 13, was 2-for-15 (.133) in seven games with the A's. --Field Level Media
Washington Post
06-06-2025
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- Washington Post
Athletics' Shea Langeliers placed on 10-day injured list with strained oblique
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Athletics placed catcher Shea Langeliers on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained left oblique. He got hurt during Thursday's 14-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins , grabbing his left side during an at-bat in the sixth inning. The A's called up catcher Jhonny Pereda and outfielder Seth Brown from Triple-A Las Vegas and designated outfielder Drew Avans for assignment.
Associated Press
06-06-2025
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- Associated Press
Athletics' Shea Langeliers placed on 10-day injured list with strained oblique
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics placed catcher Shea Langeliers on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained left oblique. He got hurt during Thursday's 14-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins, grabbing his left side during an at-bat in the sixth inning. The A's called up catcher Jhonny Pereda and outfielder Seth Brown from Triple-A Las Vegas and designated outfielder Drew Avans for assignment. Langeliers is batting .237 with 10 homers and 27 RBIs, but he has been in a slump with a .172 average over his past 18 games. Pereda and Brown were on the A's opening-day roster, but both struggled at the plate and were sent to Las Vegas. Pereda hit .346 with the Triple-A club and Brown batted .500 with seven homers and 13 RBIs in nine games. ___ AP MLB:
New York Times
23-05-2025
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- New York Times
Losers of 9 straight, A's shake up roster with 5 promotions, option JJ Bleday
On the heels of a nine-game losing streak — the longest in Major League Baseball so far this season — the Athletics majorly overhauled their roster on Friday, promoting five players from Triple-A Las Vegas, optioning outfielder JJ Bleday, catcher Jhonny Pereda and right-hander Carlos Duran, placing infielder Gio Urshela on the 10-day injured list and designating outfielder/first baseman Seth Brown for assignment. Brown, who debuted with the A's in 2019, was the team's longest-tenured player. Advertisement Joining the A's roster are rookie outfielder Denzel Clarke (ranked as the A's No. 8 prospect by The Athletic's Keith Law), rookie catcher Willie MacIver, and rookie infielders Logan Davidson and C.J. Alexander. Alexander has eight career MLB at-bats; the rest will be making their major-league debuts. Left-hander Jacob Lopez is also re-joining the A's bullpen from Triple A. It is his third stint with the team already this season. He's made four appearances, allowing three earned runs in seven innings. The nine-game losing streak has dropped the A's from two games over .500 to 22-29. They are in last place in the American League West, seven games behind the Seattle Mariners. The A's have particularly struggled defensively and with their bullpen this season. Overall, the A's rank second only to the Rockies in negative Defensive Runs Saved at -33, according to Sports Information Solutions. The bullpen's 5.98 ERA is third-worst in baseball, though their FIP is 4.33. Some of the discrepancy between their ERA and their FIP can be explained by the team's struggling outfield defense, which ranks dead last in baseball. Much of those struggles (-10 DRS) have come in center field, where Bleday has started for most of the season. Not a true center fielder, Bleday struggled with his range at the position in 2024, but he made up for that with a breakout offensive season that saw him hit .243/.324/.437 with a career-high 20 home runs. He was worth 2.1 bWAR. This year, Bleday is batting just .204/.291/.365 with six home runs in 47 games. Brown has also struggled defensively this season (-3 DRS) while splitting his time between the outfield and first base. A 2015 19th-round pick, Brown hit 25 homers for the A's in 2022 and has 74 in seven seasons with the club, but he last posted an OPS above .700 in that 2022 season. Advertisement The A's outfield defense should improve with the addition of Clarke, one of the top defensive outfielders in the A's system. A 2021 fourth-round pick, Clarke was hitting .286/.436/.419 with seven stolen bases in 31 games in Triple A this season. Clarke is the first cousin of Josh and Bo Naylor. He's shown significant in-game power in previous seasons (while also striking out a lot) but has yet to homer so far this season, though he has significantly reduced his strikeout rate. He can play all three outfield positions but is likely to play in center for the A's. Davidson was the A's first-round pick in 2019 out of Clemson. The switch-hitter is in the middle of his best season as a pro, currently sporting a .303/.452/.428 line with 10 doubles in 41 games. Originally a shortstop, Davidson has limited range at short but has played all over the rest of the infield and even some outfield. He and Alexander are likely to see reps at second and third base and occasionally in the outfield, mixing in with Max Schuemann and Luis Urías in those roles with Urshela on the IL with a right hamstring strain and projected Opening Day second baseman Zack Gelof still rehabbing a broken hand and a stress fracture in his ribs that have kept him out all season. Gelof was moved to the 60-day IL on Friday. Pereda returns to Triple A after hitting .167 in 36 at-bats as Shea Langeliers' backup catcher. Pereda did have a memorable moment last week when he struck out Shohei Ohtani during the tail end of the A's 19-2 loss to the Dodgers, which was the second loss in their nine-game losing streak. MacIver, a 2018 ninth-round pick of the Rockies, was hitting .389/.469/.548 in 35 games for Las Vegas before the promotion. He will take over as the A's backup catcher. The A's face the first-place Philadelphia Phillies this weekend as they look to break their losing streak. (Top photo of Bleday: Ed Szczepanski / Imagn Images)
