Athletics move J.T. Ginn (elbow) to 60-day IL

The 27-year-old right-hander has made very slow progress in his recovery from a right elbow impingement and with only a couple of weeks left, it sounds like the A’s may just shut him down completely. If he doesn’t get it addressed surgically over the winter, it’s possible that the issue could linger into the 2027 season.

The A’s were hopeful that Ginn would just need to have his start pushed back and that he wouldn’t require a trip to the injured list, but unfortunately they couldn’t wait any longer for him to return. Jack Perkins was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move to take his place on the club’s active roster.

It looks like the Athletics are going to give Ginn some extra rest by pushing him back to Thursday’s series opener against the Mariners instead of having him take the ball against the Rangers on Tuesday. It’ll be Brady Basso kicking off a bullpen game for the Athletics instead.

Ginn gave up homers to Brooks Lee, Trevor Larnach and Kaelen Culpepper, but thanks to the A’s coming up with four runs in the bottom of the sixth, he improved to 9-8 on the season. He’s the first A’s starter to surrender three homers and win since Cole Irvin on Sept. 17, 2022. He’ll face the Rangers next Tuesday.

Ginn kept the Astros off the board for the first three innings despite allowing four baserunners over that span, but in the fourth inning, the Astros would make him pay for allowing the first two runners to reach base. With runners on second and third and no outs, Christian Walker would hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Isaac Paredes, and in the fifth inning, Ginn would give up back-to-back doubles to Yordan Alvarez and Isaac Paredes, pushing the Astros’ lead to 3-0. Ginn has allowed three earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts and will look to put together another solid outing in his next start, which is scheduled for Wednesday at home against the Twins.

Ginn struck out seven and walked none, but he gave up eight hits, including a two-run homer to Wyatt Langford. As a result, he took his first loss of the second half and dropped to 8-7 with a 3.53 ERA. He has a favorable matchup in Kansas City coming up next week.

It’s a third straight quality start for Ginn. He has 11 of those in 21 starts this season, which is pretty good for someone who opened up as a mop-up man. He’ll likely make his next start Saturday at home against the Rangers.

Ginn missed two weeks with a blister. Brady Singer matched him exactly tonight, so it’s goes as Ginn’s second no-decision in his last 15 starts. He’s been surprisingly solid ever since moving into the rotation, posting a 3.41 ERA. He’ll pitch in Boston on Sunday.

Ginn will take on the Reds tonight after a minimum IL stay due to blister issues.

Ginn could potentially return to the Athletics’ rotation at some point next week after hitting the shelf with a blister issue earlier this month.