Oakland A's Beef Up Bullpen vs Seattle

0:00On April 20th, the Okmanais just beefed up their bullpen for the Seattle series, calling of lefty reliever Brady Basso on Monday. Manager Mark Cotsai pointed out they only had Hogan Harris as their lone South Pole option, and with Seattle packing a lefty heavy line up, they needed. Another arm. In a quick swap, they sent Mason Barnett back to AAA Las Vegas. Basso steps in after six minor league outings this year, tossing six and two-thirds innings with a 9.45 ERA. Dig deeper though, and it's mostly bad luck runners left on base at just 55.6% and a sky high 0.474 batting. Average on balls in play. He pounds the zone with a 9.4% walk rate, gets grounders at 55% and strikes out 25% of batters. Seattle's offense grinds against lefties, posting a 66 weighted runs created plus 27th in baseball while drawing walks at an 11.0.5% clip 5th best league wide. They've got three everyday lefty bats, putune guys like Luke Rayley and Dominic Hanzon,

1:05plus switch hitters Cal Rally and Leo Rivas, so matchups. We'll be key, late in games. Both squads struggle versus softballs, with the A's at 65 weighted runs created plus, but Seattle's top threats like Randy Arrow's arena at two. After three, Cole Young at 166 and JP Crawford at 157 could shake things up if they feast. Now with Basel in the mix, the A's till more edges their way over three games, but it'll boil down to timely knocks and keeping those free passes in. Check expect a gritty battle where every pitch counts. That wraps MLB news today. Brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.