The Oakland A’s made a flurry of moves today, including placing James Kaprielian and Yacksel Rios on the IL and optioning Jonah Bride back to AAA after a few weeks with the major league club. Up to replace them — for now — are Jordan Diaz, Rico Garcia, and Kirby Snead. However, at least one of those relievers will likely be sent back down tomorrow with Kyle Muller set to get a callup for game 2 of the White Sox series.
Diaz, who’s hitting .307/.340/.489 at Vegas so far in June, will immediately step into the 2-spot with Esteury Ruiz flip-flopping with Tony Kemp back into the leadoff spot.