"So it was a difficult day yesterday," Plouffe said. "But I'm happy I'm here, and I'm ready to go. I missed baseball. You know, it got taken away from me for a little bit there. I missed it. So I'm happy to be in there. I'm excited to be a part of this team."
Plouffe, 31, batted .214 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs in 58 games, and played mostly third base for Oakland this season. His last full season came in 2015 with the Twins, when he hit .244 with 22 homers and 86 RBIs in 152 games.