This may seem like a good thing at first, but the two players that the Oakland Athletics added this week don’t exactly fill the needs of the ball club.
It’s just hard to see why they chose to add third baseman Trevor Plouffe and reliever Santiago Casilla, to their roster when neither fills a big need for the ball club.
The A’s added former Minnesota Twins’ third baseman Plouffe on a one-year deal worth $5 million on Tuesday.
The contract is still pending a physical for Plouffe, who was limited to just 84 games last season due to three injuries that required three separate stints on the disabled list: a strained right intercostal muscle in April, a broken left rib in June and a season-ending injury to his left oblique muscle in early September.