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Darren Bowen

MIN Starting Pitcher

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Twins acquired RHP Darren Bowen, OF Gabriel Gonzalez, RHP Justin Topa, RHP Anthony DeSclafani and cash considerations from the Mariners for INF Jorge Polanco.

Bowen, 22, was a 13th round selection by the Mariners from the 2022 draft class. He looked sharp in his first season of professional ball — posting a 3.88 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 59/25 K/BB ratio over 55 2/3 innings in 19 appearances (15 starts) at Single-A Modesto. Given his success there, expect him to start the 2024 season at High-A Cedar Rapids or even Double-A Wichita.

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Jacob Wilson

ATH Shortstop #5

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Jacob Wilson went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run homer Wednesday as the A’s edged the Rangers 6-5.

Wilson’s homer off Cole Winn gave the A’s a 6-2 lead in the seventh, and the A’s held on from there after the Rangers scored three times in the eighth. Wilson is now hitting .254/,264/.338 in 72 plate appearances. His batting average should be better going forward. but with the A’s not letting him leadoff and steals likely to be few and far between. he’s not especially interesting in mixed leagues.

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J.T. Ginn

ATH Starting Pitcher #35

J.T. Ginn yielded two runs in 5 1/3 innings Wednesday in a no-decision against the Rangers.

Ginn walked four, but only Corey Seager’s two-run homer in the third did any damage against him. The outing leaves him with a 3.31 ERA and an 11/7 K/BB in 16 1/3 innings. He’ll probably start again Monday against the Mariners.

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Joel Kuhnel

ATH Relief Pitcher #67
Joel Kuhnel retired all four Rangers for a save in a one-run game Wednesday.

Mark Leiter Jr., who was brought in with a 6-2 lead in the eighth, gave up a three-run homer to Jake Burger, necessitating Kuhnel’s early entrance. All worked out for the A’s, though, as Kuhnel retired the four batters he faced. He’s 3-for-3 saving games and has yet to allow a run since being called up on Apr. 7. There still isn’t much reason to believe Kuhnel will be an above reliever going forward, but he’s definitely the pitcher worth rostering in the A’s pen at the moment.
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Kumar Rocker

TEX Starting Pitcher #80

Kumar Rocker yielded two runs in 4 2/3 innings Wednesday in a no-decision against the A’s.

Rocker struck out six, but he also walked four and his velocity was down across the board. None of it bodes well, and though his next scheduled start at home against the Pirates is very tempting, he seems like weak play at the moment,

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Cole Winn

TEX Relief Pitcher #60

Cole Winn gave up three runs and two homers in his inning Wednesday against the A’s.

Winn, who entered in the sixth, gave up a two-run homer to Shea Langeliers in his first inning of work and then another two-run shot to Jacob Wilson in the seventh. It’s not necessarily the end for him as a candidate to close, but it’s obviously not what the Rangers were looking for tonight.

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Jackson Merrill

SD Center Fielder #3

Jackson Merrill went 2-for-5 with a game-winning, two-run double and took away a home run in the Padres’ 7-6 defeat of the Mariners on Wednesday.

Enjoying one of the best all-around games of his young career, Merrill, who turns 23 this weekend, robbed Julio Rodríguez of a two-run homer in the third, long before he ended the game with his two-run double in the ninth. His .261/.320/.464 line isn’t all that eye-catching, but that he’s 4-for-4 on the basepaths after going 1-for-3 last year has taken his stock up a couple of notches.

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Randy Vásquez

SD Starting Pitcher #98

Randy Vásquez was lifted after allowing four runs in four innings Wednesday against the Mariners.

Vásquez’s velocity was again above his norms tonight, but his four walks caused him problems as his ERA jumped from 1.02 to 2.49. He fanned six, and he still seems worth trusting against the Rockies in Coors Field next week.

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Emerson Hancock

SEA Starting Pitcher #26

Emerson Hancock turned in a quality start Wednesday against the Padres, surrendering two runs in six innings.

Hancock departed with a four-run lead, but that wasn’t sufficient to get him a win. It was a nice night otherwise, as he threw first-pitch strikes to 20 of 23 batters. He had a subpar 22 percent CSW, but only six of the 16 balls in play against him were hard hit. He should fare well in a home start against the A’s next time out.

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Andrés Muñoz

SEA Relief Pitcher #75

Brought in to protect a 6-2 lead in the ninth, Andrés Muñoz was charged with five runs while getting two outs and took a loss to the Padres on Wednesday.

Muñoz surrendered four hits and a walk before being replaced by Jose A. Ferrer with the score 6-5. Jackson Merrill then hit a game-winning double off Ferrer, who was charged with the blown save while Muñoz took the loss. Muñoz gave up just one hard-hit ball and was pretty unlucky that the rally materialized in the first place. Still, he’s now saddled with a 9.45 ERA for the young season. It’s probably not anything worth worrying about.

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Luke Raley

SEA Right Fielder #20

Luke Raley hit a two-run homer as part of his first career four-hit game Wednesday against the Padres.

His homer was a 434-footer, and he also had a 390-foot double that would have been a homer in 16 ballparks, according to Statcast. Raley currently has a 1.035 OPS that’s about twice as high as three of the five guys ahead of him in the Seattle lineup. Maybe that could lead to some sort of shakeup, but we’ll see.

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