The A’s announced the acquisition of Chris Hatcher from the Dodgers in exchange for $500k in international bonus money.
Hatcher has appeared in 26 games for the Dodgers this year, posting a 4.66 ERA over 26.2 innings. He’s shown reasonable stuff over his career, consistently striking out batters with enough frequency to spend the vast majority of his time on a big league roster.
He’s nearing his age 32 season, though, so this isn’t an upside buy. Just your run of the mill August move to give the A’s a warm body to run out the clock.