The Athletics have agreed to a significant league contract with free agent left-hander Scott Alexander, MLBTR has discovered. Martin Gallegos of MLB.com first famous that Alexander, a consumer of Apex Baseball, had a locker arrange within the Oakland clubhouse.
The 34-year-old Alexander is the third latest member of the Giants pitching workers to go throughout the bay to Oakland, becoming a member of righty Ross Stripling and lefty Alex Wooden. Stripling was traded to the A’s earlier this month. Wooden inked a one-year deal at that very same time.
Alexander spent two years with the Giants, from 2022-23, and has appeared in components of 4 seasons with the Dodgers and three with the Royals as properly. He sports activities a profession 3.29 ERA in 270 2/3 large league innings, although final yr was a down season that noticed the southpaw flip in a career-high 4.66 ERA in 48 1/3 frames for San Francisco.
Alexander has by no means missed many bats, as a substitute counting on a sinker that’s produced a mammoth 68.4% ground-ball charge to assist him neutralize opposing lineups. He battled command points earlier in his profession however has reined within the walks over the previous three seasons, issuing a free go to only 4.7% of his opponents throughout that point. He’s additionally recorded a 14.5% strikeout charge that ranks among the many lowest within the league. Even with the shortage of punchouts, fielding-independent metrics really feel Alexander’s 3.56 ERA relationship again to 2021 is usually in keeping with his ability set. He touts a 3.47 FIP and three.53 SIERA in that point, each proper in keeping with his earned run common.
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