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Shore

Shore was a highly-regarded pitching prospect a few years ago, but never quite panned out for the Athletics and Tigers. The 28-year-old righty spent the last two seasons in Detroit’s minor league system and finished last year with a disastrous 5.68 ERA, 1.66 WHIP and 39/24 K/BB ratio across 52 1/3 innings (25 appearances, six starts) for Triple-A Toledo.

Shore was acquired from the A’s back in 2018 as the player to be named later in the Mike Fiers trade. The 27-year-old had struggled to a 5.68 ERA and 39/24 K/BB ratio in 52 1/3 innings this summer at Triple-A Toledo.

Shore allowed just three hits, and while he did walk three, he struck out seven. The A’s took the right-hander out of Florida with the 47th pick last June, and he’ll show two above-average pitches in his fastball and change, and he throws those pitches for strikes. He needs to improve the breaking-ball, but if it can be even average, he can pitch in a rotation someday.

Shore hopes to return to action in a week or so. A second-round pick from 2016, the 23-year-old put up a solid 3.68 ERA and 87/16 K/BB ratio over 80 2/3 innings between rookie ball and High-A last season. He’s one of the team’s better pitching prospects.

Shore, a former second-round pick out of the University of Florida, registered an underwhelming 4.45 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, and 74/21 K/BB ratio in 91 innings (17 starts) this season between High-A Stockton and Double-A Midland. He turns 24 years old in December.