The Oakland A’s made two different trades this winter that each netted them a “player to be named later,” and on Tuesday they resolved those loose ends. The team announced the names of their two new acquisitions — in exchange for OF Jaycob Brugman, the Orioles sent over RHP Jake Bray; and in exchange for 2B Joey Wendle, the Rays dealt catcher Jonah Heim. Both played in the lower minors in 2017.
Jake Bray, RHP
He was drafted young out of community college in 2013 but stalled soon after due to Tommy John surgery. That left him in Single-A (equivalent: Beloit) this year at age 24, which is slow progress up the ladder, but for what it’s worth he was excellent there.