The Angels recently signed reliever Angel Felipe to a minor league deal (h/t to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy). While the contract details aren’t clear, it seems fair to presume that was a two-year pact.
The Athletics released reliever Angel Felipe.
The obvious roster casualty of the Davis signing The A’s designated right-handed reliever Ángel Felipe for assignment yesterday to make room on the 40-man roster for the recently signed JD Davis, per the team: Felipe was only just claimed off waivers from the San Diego Padres in June of last year.
The righty will miss all of the 2024 season and likely part of 2025 as well.
Injury news coming out of the Cactus League As the A’s are set to square off against the Chicago Cubs later this afternoon (1:05 p.m. PDT), some injury news coming out of Catcus League camp surfaced this morning.
The A’s took a flyer on Angel Felipe and he produced some decent results before a sprained elbow ended his season in August. The A’s took a flyer on reliever Angel Felipe at mid-season in a waiver claim from the Padres.
The Oakland Athletics placed outfielder JJ Bleday on the 10-day injured list Tuesday and also sent right-hander Angel Felipe to the 15-day IL. Bleday's move was retroactive to Monday after he sprained his left knee Sunday against the host Washington Nationals.
The A’s announced this afternoon that they had selected the contract of right-hander Chad Smith. Smith will replace right-hander Angel Felipe, who is headed to the paternity list, on the active roster.
Esteury Ruiz appeared to injure himself while diving back into first base in a game earlier this week.
The Athletics have claimed right-hander Angel Felipe off waivers from the Padres, per a team announcement. Felipe has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
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