The Oakland Athletics will temporarily have eight relievers until they need to call up a starting pitcher on Friday, which could either be Jesse Hahn or Sean Manaea.
The Oakland Athletics have demoted Eric Surkamp to the Nashville Sounds and called up reliever Andrew Triggs, the club has announced. The A's will need a starting pitcher on Friday, which could either be a recall of Jesse Hahn or the initial call up of top pitching prospect Sean Manaea. Until then, the A's don't need Surkamp on the roster, and will keep an eighth reliever.
While Surkamp was serviceable through Oakland's first three starts, a lack of command ran Surkamp's pitch counts high.