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Source: A's to promote top pitching prospect Sean Manaea

Editor's note: The above video is from April 19, 2016.

The A’s will call up left-hander Sean Manaea to start Friday against the Houston Astros, a source confirmed to CSNCalifornia.com, giving one of the game’s top pitching prospects his first crack in the major leagues.

With Eric Surkamp being sent down earlier this week, the A’s needed someone to fill Friday’s start. The 24-year-old Manaea, acquired last July from Kansas City as part of the Ben Zobrist trade, has done nothing but impress since joining the organization. He showed terrific stuff and poise during five appearances in big league spring training.