Luis Medina Impresses in A's Bullpen

0:00It's April 4th. This is MLB News. Today, AI powered stories from around the league. I'm Cory with the story. Luis Medina is turning heads early for the Oakland Athletics bullpen after missing all of last season with Tommy John's surgery. The right-hander jumped right in with a third of an inning against the Toronto Blue Jays and then tossed two scoreless frames versus the Atlanta. Braves, allowing just one hit and one strike out. He's been easing back in carefully since his last game action in 2024. And so far, he's showing real promise without the rest you'd expect. Catcher Shay Langaleers called him the top arm to watch down there, praising his overall stuff as the best in the pen. Manager Mark Coatsay backed that up, noting Medina's poise in Atlanta after some first game jitters with a sharp fastball and effective changeup. Split. His metrics back it up too. Stuff plus at 106 tops on the staff alongside Luis Severino way above league average. That sliders filthy

1:02at 136 with a high whiff rate and his 96.7 mile per hour sinker is his go-to for command. Medina's got catching up to do post-layoff, but if he keeps building like this, he could lock down late innings or even push for the closer spot ass. The season rolls on.