Gregorio

Petit

Petit did not appear at any level of professional baseball in 2019 after getting released from Phillies camp in late March. The 35-year-old infielder finishes his playing days with a .249/.294/.343 career batting line in 197 major league games. He suited up for the Athletics, Yankees, Angels, Twins, and Astros.

Petit signed a minor league contract with Philadelphia in December and went on to bat .182/.240/.182 over 25 plate appearances in the Grapefruit League.

Petit, 34, is a career .249/.294/.343 hitter across parts of six major league seasons. He’s organizational depth.

The veteran utility infielder is a career .249/.294/.343 hitter across parts of six major league seasons.

Petit, who has moved back to shortstop from second base with Cliff Pennington out, is batting .256/.309/.382 with 21 steals as a 21-year-old in the California League. He’s probably going to need a second year at Stockton in 2006, but in part because he projects as a very good defender, he’s a solid prospect.

Petit inked a minor league deal with the Padres last offseason, but missed the entire 2011 season with a knee injury. The 27-year-old infielder has appeared in 25 major league games with the A’s and owns an underwhelming .265/.322/.365 batting line in the minors. This is strictly an organizational depth move.

He also gets a spring training invite. Petit, 28, had a .260/.320/.403 batting line with the Indians’ Triple-A this past season and hasn’t played in the big leagues since 2009. He figures to serve as minor league depth.

Petit spent all of last season at Triple-A with the Padres, batting .292/.344/.380 over 134 games. He’ll function as organizational depth.

Escobar bruised his right wrist on Sunday and will get a day of rest. Gregorio Petit will start at third base Monday while Kole Calhoun will bat leadoff.

It was Petit’s fourth homer in 294 career at-bats since he debuted with the A’s in 2008. His two homers this year have both come against former teams; the first versus the Yankees (who he played with last year) and tonight’s versus Houston. There should be less playing time available for him in the Angels infield now with Andrelton Simmons back, but as desperate as the team is for offense, anyone with a hot hand will get to play somewhere.