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Earlier this offseason, the A’s quietly claimed relief pitcher Michael Kelly off waivers from the Cleveland Guardians. Kelly spent ten years in the minors before finally making his Major League debut with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2022. Since then, he’s posted a career MLB FIP of 3.52, but that is based on a blip of a sample, as Kelly has only logged 20u2154 innings in the bigs. It doesn’t inspire confidence that his previous employers have not deemed the 31-year-old fit for more opportunities than he’s been given so far.
But Jason Burke at SI.