The Oakland A’s officially announced the signing of pitcher Yusmeiro Petit on Thursday, which meant they needed to make room on the 40-man roster. They cleared a spot for Petit by designating 2B Joey Wendle for assignment.
Wendle came to Oakland in a straight-up trade for Brandon Moss after the 2014 season. He spent the next three years toiling in Triple-A Nashville, but was unable to put up anything better than a league-average batting line at ages 25-27. A couple of brief cameos in MLB resulted in solid defense but a poor 73 wRC+ in 118 plate appearances.