And in the team’s other trade Monday, off-and-off again A’s utility infielder Adam Rosales went to Arizona in exchange for minor-league right-hander Jeferson Mejia.
The Diamondbacks were in need of an extra infielder because Chris Owings has a fractured finger and Ketel Marte is expected to go bereavement leave after the death of his mother; the A’s, meantime, needed a roster spot for versatile Chad Pinder to come off the DL.
With their full-blown youth movement, Pinder’s return had pointed to Rosales being designated for assignment, the fate of other veterans this season, including Stephen Vogt, John Axford and Trevor Plouffe.