The Oakland A’s traded away yet another star on Sunday, this time sending pitcher Sean Manaea to the Padres for a pair of prospects.
As if that wasn’t a tough enough blow for A’s fans this morning, fate coincided to turn the bummer up a notch.
You see, Manaea had already been scheduled to start this afternoon. And Oakland was hosting none other than San Diego. So with his new team on the way to the stadium anyway, he simply switched uniforms and pitched for the Padres, against the A’s.
“The Padres told [Manaea] not to bother leaving Mesa this morning.