The Oakland A’s designated reliever Fernando Rodney for assignment, the team announced Saturday. To take his place on both the 25-man and 40-man rosters, lefty reliever Wei-Chung Wang was selected from Triple-A and called up to Oakland.
The A’s acquired Rodney last August, and his tenure began with 11 straight scoreless innings that month. However, he collapsed in September and couldn’t record an out in the subsequent Wild Card Game. Oakland picked up his contract option over the offseason, but he continued to struggle throughout 2019.
Rodney, 2019: 9.42 ERA, 14u2153 ip, 14 Ks, 12 BB, 2 HR, 5.