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One day before rosters expand for September, the Oakland A’s made an early call for a reinforcement.
The A’s announced Tuesday afternoon that they’ve placed DH Mitch Moreland on the 10-day injured list due to left wrist tendinitis. This is Moreland’s third trip to the IL this season, but his first for this particular injury.
To take his place on the active roster, outfielder Skye Bolt was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. Bolt didn’t hit much in two brief previous stints in Oakland this year, but since returning to the minors in mid-July he’s crushing the ball, with a .394 average and 1.162 OPS in 31 games.
Mitch Moreland has been dealing with wrist discomfort "on and off" the last couple days and in BP today "could only take a couple swings and really swing at one kind of full-out," Bob Melvin said.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) September 1, 2021
Between the loss of Moreland, and the absence of Seth Brown, the A’s roster is even lighter than usual on lefty bats. As a switch-hitter, Bolt helps with that balance. Tony Kemp is the only other lefty hitter on the team who has played any outfield this year.
If at any point next month Oakland decides they want to bring up a beefy DH to replace Moreland, then they have Khris Davis waiting in Triple-A. In his first couple weeks since returning to the organization on a minor league contract, Davis has hit nine homers in 66 plate appearances for Vegas, with an .885 slugging percentage.
Here’s the updated roster, with the injury report below. However, active rosters will expand tomorrow by two spots, from 26 to 28, so another pair of players will come up Wednesday.
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Starters Sean Manaea (L) Frankie Montas (R) Cole Irvin (L) James Kaprielian (R) Paul Blackburn (R) IL: Chris Bassitt (R) 60-IL: Mike Fiers (R) Relievers Lou Trivino (R) Andrew Chafin (L) Jake Diekman (L) Yusmeiro Petit (R) Sergio Romo (R) Deolis Guerra (R) A.J. Puk (L) Burch Smith (R) Daulton Jefferies (R) 60-IL: Trevor Rosenthal (R) |
Catchers Sean Murphy (R) Yan Gomes (R) Infielders 1B: Matt Olson (L) 2B: Jed Lowrie (S) SS: Elvis Andrus (R) 3B: Matt Chapman (R) UT: Josh Harrison (R) UT: Tony Kemp (L) IL: Mitch Moreland (L) Outfielders Mark Canha (R) Starling Marte (R) Chad Pinder (R) Skye Bolt (S) IL: Stephen Piscotty (R) IL: Seth Brown (L) |
Injury report:
- RHP Trevor Rosenthal, OUT FOR YEAR, entire body (thoracic outlet, hip labrum)
- OF Stephen Piscotty, OUT FOR YEAR, wrist (had surgery 8/27)
- RHP Mike Fiers, 60-day IL, elbow (no structural damage; resumed throwing)
- RHP Chris Bassitt, 10-day IL, face (had surgery 8/24, long shot to return)
- DH Mitch Moreland, 10-day IL, wrist (retroactive to 8/27)
- OF Seth Brown, IL, COVID-19 (went on IL 8/27 after positive test)
