RockHounds' Richie Martin tags Corpus Christi's Randy Cesar out at second base June 13, 2018, at Security Bank Ballpark. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
RockHounds' Richie Martin tags Corpus Christi's Randy Cesar out at second base June 13, 2018, at Security Bank Ballpark. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Photo: James Durbin / James DurbinLAS VEGAS - The A’s understood that leaving a former first-round pick off their 40-man roster this winter might mean losing him - and so they did, immediately.
The Orioles took shortstop Richie Martin with the first pick of Thursday’s Rule-5 draft; he will have to remain on Baltimore’s big-league roster all season or must be offered back to Oakland for $50,000.