The Oakland A’s announced a pair of moves ahead of their upcoming series in Pittsburgh. On Thursday they optioned reliever Ryan Dull to Triple-A Las Vegas, and then on Friday they called up outfielder Skye Bolt to replace him.
This is the first trip to the majors for Bolt. He was drafted by the A’s in 2015, as a 4th-rounder with great tools but a lot to prove. That raw talent helped him crack the bottom half of our Community Prospect List each winter thereafter, even as he scuffled and battled minor injuries for his first couple seasons in the pros, but it was his 2018 breakout in both High-A and Double-A that pushed him up to No.