The A’s made quite a few transactions earlier than tonight’s sequence opener with the White Sox. Oakland activated reliever Kirby Snead from the 60-day injured listing whereas recalling Rico Garcia and Jordan Diaz from Triple-A Las Vegas.

Proper-handers James Kaprielian and Yacksel Ríos are headed to the 15-day IL, whereas infielder Jonah Bride was optioned to Vegas. To clear house on the 40-man roster for Snead’s return, the A’s transferred Mason Miller from the 15-day to the 60-day IL.

Snead is again in Mark Kotsay’s bullpen for the primary time this yr. He strained his throwing shoulder in Spring Coaching. Considered one of 4 gamers acquired from the Blue Jays within the Matt Chapman deal, Snead tossed 44 2/3 innings of 5.84 ERA ball throughout his first season in Oakland. He has allowed 4 runs in 5 innings in Triple-A on a rehab stint.

Kaprielian has a shoulder pressure of his personal, Kotsay instructed reporters (together with Martín Gallegos of MLB.com). Ríos is battling Raynaud’s syndrome, a situation wherein blood circulation to an individual’s hand may be diminished, thereby resulting in numbness. The return timetable on each pitchers is unclear.

Miller has already missed slightly below two months with a sprain of the UCL in his throwing elbow. That makes his switch a formality, although his long-term prognosis remains to be up within the air. Kotsay mentioned Miller will quickly go for follow-up examination (through Gallegos). The hard-throwing rookie has been throwing off flat floor for a couple of weeks and can proceed his throwing program pending that analysis.

In different harm information, catcher Manny Piña has reported to Low-A Stockton for a rehab stint, in keeping with his transaction log at MLB.com. Acquired from the Braves to offset wage within the Sean Murphy deal, Piña has missed all the season with a left wrist difficulty. He underwent surgical procedure on the identical wrist final Might and hasn’t performed an MLB sport in 14 months.