The Oakland A's took a low-risk gamble on Friday, signing former Chicago White Sox slugger Dayan Viciedo to a minor league contract.
Here's Baseball America's Matt Eddy with the report:
#Athletics sign 26-year-old corner OF Dayan Viciedo, whom #BlueJays released in March. Career .291/.331/.507 in 487 PAs vs. LHPs.
— Matt Eddy (@MattEddyBA) June 12, 2015
I've confirmed Dayan Viciedo has signed with Athletics. It's a minor league deal and he will report to @nashvillesounds in the next week. — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 12, 2015
The Chicago White Sox released Viciedo back in early February after the signing of Gordon Beckham. The A's were one of the teams that reportedly had interest in Viciedo after his release, but he ended up joining the Toronto Blue Jays on a minor league deal instead.
Viciedo has a career slash line of .254/.298/.424 with 66 home runs in 1,798 plate appearances. If he can cut down his strikeouts, which was a big part of the problem in Chicago, he could function as a solid platoon bat for the A's against lefties.
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