The Athletics announced a few roster moves today, with left-hander and outfielder optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. To fill those roster spots, infielder was reinstated from the 10-day injured list while lefty was recalled from Vegas. Ba so will be making his MLB debut as soon as he gets into a game. The Oakland pitching staff has been pretty beat-up lately, with and each landing on the injured list in the past week-plus. is also battling a shoulder i sue and may require an IL stint of his own. Lucas was added to the clubs roster on May 8, le s than a week ago, to provide a fresh arm to the staff. He was optioned three days later when the club promoted Wilderd Patino Jersey . But when Blackburn landed on the IL, Lucas was quickly recalled and proceeded to throw 39 pitches in relief last night. The lefty may have been unavailable for a day or two and the long relief options are limited, as also threw last night and to sed four innings in relief of Wood on Sunday. Amid all of that, the club has decided to call up Ba so for the first time. A 16th-round selection of the 2019 draft, he mi sed 2022 recovering from Tommy John surgery but was back on the mound in 2023. He split his time between High-A and Double-A, to sing 63 1/3 innings with a 2.42 earned run average. He struck out 26.3% of batters faced while walking 6.2%. The As added him to their 40-man roster in November to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He was sent back to Double-A and made six starts with a 2.84 ERA. He was recently promoted to Triple-A, with his first start at that level going poorly, allowing nine earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. That one rough outing aside, hes been in good form this year and will now gets his first call to the majors. Blaze Alexander Jersey