David

MacKinnon

The 29-year-old spent the 2022 season in Japan where he hit .263/.331/.420 with 17 homers, 53 RBI and a 91/48 K/BB ratio over 517 plate appearances with the Seibu Lons. Perhaps another strong season in 2024 could pave the way for a potential return stateside.

After years of toiling in the minor leagues, the 28-year-old finally broke through to the big leagues in 2022 -- but wound up slashing just .140/.228/.140 with no homers, six RBI and a 17/6 K/BB ratio across 57 plate appearances. He’ll go for the guaranteed money overseas as opposed to settling for another minor league gig stateside.

The A’s got MacKinnon off waivers from the Angels in August. A corner infielder, he batted .318/.416/.585 at the Triple-A level last season, but he was 7-for-50 with no extra-base hits in the majors. He could be re-signed to a minor league contract.

MacKinnon will head back to the minors with Cristian Pache joining the big league club. The 27-year-old has gone just 7-for-50 with 17 strikeouts in the majors this season.

MacKinnon will provide the Athletics with some extra position player depth with outfielder Ramón Laureano landing on the injured list ahead of Tuesday’s contest against the Rangers. The 27-year-old rookie has hit .189 (7-for-37) with six RBI in 16 games this season for the division-rival Angels before being claimed off waivers earlier this month.

MacKinnon was DFA’d by the Halos earlier this week and now has a new home. He’s struggled during his brief time in the majors but has a 1.060 OPS with 14 homers at Triple-A this season.

MacKinnon has batted just .189 with a .468 OPS over his first 16 major league games (43 plate appearances) this season. The 27-year-old corner infielder seems likely to pass through waivers unclaimed.

MacKinnon went just 7-for-37 with zero extra-base hits during his first stint in the majors. Dillon Thomas is taking his roster spot.

The Angels were down four runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning before they sparked a rally, with MacKinnon’s two-run single tying up the contest at 5-5 on the scoreboard. The Astros would ultimately secure the win regardless, plating a run in the top of the ninth. For his part this season, MacKinnon has picked up six hits over his first 30 at-bats in the bigs. He has yet to post an extra-base hit with the Halos.

MacKinnon just received the call to the bigs last week. On Wednesday, he gave Shohei Ohtani some much needed support, posting a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to snap a scoreless tie and later putting in a seventh-inning RBI single. That latter knock gave the Angels a 3-0 lead. It was also the first hit of his big league career. The 27-year-old first baseman was absolutely crushing it at Triple-A prior to coming up to the Angels, but at least for now, there is no immediate need for fantasy managers to rush to the waiver wire, here. Still, keep MacKinnon in mind, just in case he does find a groove.