The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Lucas Erceg on the 15-day injured list on Friday due to a strained right forearm. The move is retroactive to Sunday.
May has been an injury plagued month for the Oakland A's. After getting through April unscathed, the pitching staff has drastically changed over the past few weeks.
Lucas Erceg stood on the mound at Minute Maid Park on May 19, 2023, during his big-league debut. As he looked around, he saw his wife Emma and a couple of friends in the stands.
Lucas Erceg overcame plenty of obstacles to reach the majors and emerged as a key piece of Oakland’s bullpen. The Oakland Athletics took a flyer on Lucas Erceg in a mid-May trade with the Milwaukee Brewers and he emerged as an intriguing piece of their bullpen.
The Oakland Athletics (10-35) announced on Friday that they placed Zach Jackson on the 15-day IL with a right flexor tendon strain in his right elbow. This is another setback in a season that has seen just about everything go wrong for them.
Lucas Erceg struggled in the opening inning and Milwaukee couldn’t muster enough offense to make a comeback The Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday afternoon, falling to 3-3 in Arizona.
Both players received invites to big-league spring training The Brewers are retaining two hard-throwing bullpen arms in the upper minors, as MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy reported that right-handers Lucas Erceg and J.C.