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Miller is 5-4 with a 4.35 ERA, 54 H and 55/16 K/BB in 60 IP in Double-A. Those probably aren’t quite the results the Indians were hoping for, but at least he has remained healthy.

The Mariners wanted to add a fresh arm to their bullpen that could give them some length on Friday night, as their bullpen has been taxed recently and Friday’s starter Emerson Hancock has struggled to work deep into games. Castano had been working as a starter at Triple-A Tacoma where he registered a 3.43 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and a 28/19 K/BB ratio across 44 2/3 innings. He’ll be making his big league debut if he gets into a game with the M’s.

The 35-year-old hurler was just promoted from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. He appeared in three games this season with the Mariners, posting a 5.40 ERA, 2.20 WHIP and a 3/5 K/BB ratio across five innings of work. It seems likely that he’ll pass through waivers unclaimed, where it’ll then be up to Hahn if he wants to accept an outright assignment back to Tacoma or peddle his wares on the open market.

The Athletics made some wholesale changes in advance of Friday’s ballgame against the Phillies, with Davidson being one of five players that was promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas. Davidson, 27, was the Athletics’ first-round selection (29th overall) from the 2019 draft class. He was off to a nice start at Triple-A Las Vegas as well, slashing .303/.452/.428 with two homers, 22 RBI, seven stolen bases and a 58/38 K/BB ratio over 186 plate appearances while playing all over the infield and some in left field as well. Expect him to function in a super utility role for the A’s.

It’s the first trip to the big leagues for the 28-year-old backstop, who will replace Jhonny Pereda as the team’s primary backup catcher. MacIver, a ninth-round selection by the Rockies from the 2018 draft class, was slashing a blistering .389/.469/.548 with two homers, 30 RBI, two stolen bases and a 27/18 K/BB ratio over 147 plate appearances at Triple-A. May as well see what he can do at the big league level, as the production Pereda was providing couldn’t have been any worse.

Nothing has changed in the prognosis for Gelof — who was shut down in early May due to a stress reaction in his ribs — this was done as a procedural move to free up a spot on the team’s 40-man roster as they made wholesale roster changes on Friday. There’s still no word on how long the A’s expect the 25-year-old second baseman to be sidelined for.

Pereda saw a total of just 42 plate appearances in his 16 games with the A’s, slashing a cringe-inducing .167/.286/.194 with zero homers, two RBI and a 13/6 K/BB ratio. He’ll always have the memories of striking out Shohei Ohtani though.

The Athletics made a flurry of roster moves on Friday with an eye toward adding youth and offensive potential to the roster and Brown wound up being one of the casualties. The 32-year-old was slashing an abysmal .192/.311/.288 with one home run, three RBI and a 17/7 K/BB ratio over his first 61 plate appearances. He’s someone that could attract some interest on waivers.

We already knew that this move was coming as A’s skipper Mark Kotsay alluded to it after Thursday’s loss to the Angels. What’s unclear is just how long Urshela will be shelved for. CJ Alexander was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move to help provide some infield depth while Urshela is out.

Alexander will provide the Athletics with some infield depth on their bench as Gio Urshela (hamstring) lands on the injured list on Friday. The 28-year-old was hitting .252/.348/.509 with 10 homers, 33 RBI and a pair of stolen bases through his first 42 games with Triple-A Las Vegas. He’ll battle with Miguel Andujar and Max Schuemann for playing time at third base with Urshela shelved.

The A’s had high hopes for the 27-year-old outfielder after his strong showing in 2024, but he slashed a paltry .204/.291/.365 with six homers, 18 RBI, one stolen base and a 41/21 K/BB ratio over his first 189 plate appearances. He’ll look to get back on track at the Triple-A level before hopefully rejoining the Athletics later in the season.