The Oakland Athletics traded their longest-tenured participant, right-handed beginning pitcher Paul Blackburn, to the New York Mets on Tuesday.
Oakland is sending right-handed pitching prospect Kade Morris to New York in go back.
Blackburn, 30, used to be a 2022 All-Big name and started the 2024 season with 22 1/3 scoreless innings throughout 4 begins earlier than in the end surrendering his first run.
Blackburn used to be simply activated from the 60-day injured checklist ultimate week after improving from a rigidity response in his correct foot that led to him to omit greater than two months.
He’s 4-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 9 begins this season, throwing simply 38 strikeouts over 51 innings. In 8 seasons, spent fully with Oakland, Blackburn is 21-26 with a 4.83 ERA over 81 video games (77 begins).
Morris, 22, used to be a third-round select by way of the Mets within the 2023 MLB Draft. He has long gone 0-3 with a three.63 ERA in seven video games (six begins) at Magnificence-A St. Lucie this yr.
–Box Stage Media
