The Oakland Athletics agreed to a major league deal with Trevor Gott today, according to Keith Law of the Athletic. The value of the contract isn’t known yet.
The 31-year-old righty spent the first half of the 2023 season with the Seattle Mariners, putting up solid numbers in relief, throwing 29 innings with 32 strikeouts, 8 walks, and a 4.03 ERA/2.98 FIP that was larger driven by a sky-high .343 BABIP. Never thrifty (except the time below), Steve Cohen’s New York Mets found that production desirable enough that, on top of sending over a recently DFA’d southpaw reliever, he allowed Jerry Dipoto to throw in struggling swingman Chris Flexen just to shed his $3.