Athletics Nation · Jan 15, 2021
A’s acquire Nik Turley from Pirates
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty ImagesThe Oakland A’s made an offseason move! For an MLB player!
The A’s announced Thursday that they’ve acquired relief pitcher Nik Turley from the Pittsburgh Pirates, in exchange for cash considerations.
The 31-year-old Turley is a left-hander who spent all of 2020 in the majors, after a marathon journey through the minors. He was a 50th-round draft pick out of high school in 2008, a level of the draft so deep that it doesn’t even exist anymore — a normal year cuts off at 40 rounds now. The next decade was spent bouncing between the Yankees, Giants, Red Sox, and Twins systems, mostly working as a starter.