The Oakland A’s recalled pitcher Daniel Mengden on Sunday, the team announced. To make room on the roster, reliever J.B. Wendelken was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
Mengden will start on Sunday against the Indians, marking his 2019 season debut. He’s pitched for Oakland in each of the last three seasons, but opened this year in Triple-A when the MLB rotation was full at the end of the spring. Now a spot has opened for him, for one game at least, as the A’s chose to push Mike Fiers back for an extra day of rest after throwing 131 pitches in his no-hitter on Tuesday, reports Susan Slusser of the S.