The Oakland A’s traded pitcher Wilmer Font to the Rays on Friday, the team announced. Font had been designated for assignment on Wednesday. In return, they received minor league pitcher Peter Bayer.
Font entered the season as a popular sleeper prospect for the Dodgers after an excellent 2017 in Triple-A. However, he got hammered in the majors to start this year and was eventually DFA’d and traded to the A’s in late-April. Oakland gave up a low-level prospect to give him a tryout, but it didn’t last long — he allowed runs in all four appearances and dingers in three of them, then was DFA’d again.