It turns out Daniel Mengden is sticking around after all, for now.
The right-handed pitcher was designated for assignment on Sunday, potentially bringing an end to his five-year run in the Oakland A’s organization. However, he cleared waivers, and on Tuesday the A’s outrighted him to Triple-A Las Vegas.
That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s staying long-term, though. Since he passed the three-year mark in service time this summer, he has the right to elect free agency in response to being outrighted, and he doesn’t have to decide until the end of the regular season. So, for now he wasn’t claimed away from Oakland by another team, and the A’s didn’t choose to release him, but it’s still possible that in a week he might move on of his own accord and test the open market.