The Oakland A’s officially began their July trading season on Sunday, sending relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson to the Washington Nationals. Click here to read more about the deal, including details and analysis.
In this post, we’re taking a look specifically at the A’s remaining bullpen, which now looks quite a bit different than it did last night. The two best arms are gone, and in their place will be right-handers Blake Treinen (acquired in the trade) and Simon Castro (called up from Triple-A Nashville). The full group:
- RHP Santiago Casilla (closer)
- RHP Liam Hendriks
- RHP John Axford
- RHP Blake Treinen
- LHP Daniel Coulombe
- RHP Zach Neal
- RHP Michael Brady
- RHP Simon Castro
Casilla obviously remains the closer, reports Susan Slusser of the S.