A’s claim pitcher Sam Selman off waivers

Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Oakland A’s have a lot of spots to fill on their 2022 pitching staff, and now they’ve added one more candidate to the list.

The A’s claimed relief pitcher Sam Selman off waivers from the Angels, the team announced Sunday. He joins Oakland’s 40-man roster, which now stands at 35 players.

The left-handed Selman appeared in the majors each of the past three years, but it took him a long time to get there. He was drafted in 2012 by the Royals and waited until his ninth professional season to make his MLB debut, with the Giants in 2019. The next summer he was pretty good in a couple dozen games for San Francisco, during the shortened…