The Oakland A’s activated reliever Ryan Dull from the disabled list, the team announced Wednesday. The right-hander had been out for two months with a knee injury. To make room on the roster, John Axford was designated for assignment. In addition, catcher Josh Phegley was placed on the 10-day disabled list, with Ryan Lavarnway coming up to replace him.
Dull had an excellent rookie season in 2016 but was off to a poor start this year before landing on the DL. He wasn’t able to recreate his low hit rate, and his pinpoint control was off as well — nine walks in 15u2154 innings, after totaling 15 last year in five times as many frames.