The Oakland A’s made an unexpected move on Monday, calling up 1B/OF Seth Brown from Triple-A Las Vegas.
We knew that regular RF Stephen Piscotty was going on the injured list, but there were several other outfielders on the 40-man roster already and the natural assumption was that the replacement would be one of them. But instead of Nick Martini, or Skye Bolt, or Dustin Fowler, the A’s chose to elevate Brown, who wasn’t on the 40-man yet. What’s more, Martini was DFA’d to make room.
So who is Brown? Let’s start with where he comes from, and the unlikeliness of him ever making it to Oakland.