The Oakland A’s have signed pitcher Tyler Alexander to a minor league contract, first reported by Top Flight Academy and Athletics Farm and confirmed by Susan Slusser of the S.F. Chronicle. The A’s also later confirmed the move. The left-hander has an invite to MLB camp this spring.
I don’t normally do a full post for every minor league free agent, and in fact you can click here to see a roundup of all of them. But Alexander has an interesting story, so let’s take a quick look.
On the surface, it’s easy to overlook this signing.