The Oakland A’s will have some new players on the team when the season begins Friday, and one of them is reliever Jordan Weems, who was added to the 40-man roster last weekend. Not only is Weems new to Oakland, but to the majors entirely, as the 27-year-old minor league free agent signing is yet to pitch above Triple-A in his career. He’s also new to pitching in general, as he only converted to the position in 2016 after previously being a catcher.
That means we’ve never seen Weems on an MLB field, in any uniform, but we got an early preview on Monday in Oakland’s exhibition game against the Giants.