The Athletics placed catcher Shea Langeliers on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a left oblique strain.
Langeliers was injured during a sixth-inning at-bat in a 14-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. He grabbed his left side after fouling off a pitch.
Catcher Jhonny Pereda was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas in a corresponding move. The Athletics also recalled outfielder Seth Brown from Las Vegas and designated outfielder Drew Avans for assignment.
Langeliers, 27, is batting .237 with 10 homers and 27 RBIs in 56 games this season.
Langeliers set career highs of 29 homers and 80 RBIs in 2024. He has a .219 average with 67 homers and 192 RBIs in 368 games over three-plus major league seasons.
Pereda, 29, was 6-for-36 (.167) with two RBIs in 16 games with the Athletics earlier in the season. He achieved a level of fame on May 15 when he struck out Shohei Ohtani while mopping up a 19-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Brown, 32, batted .212 with one homer and three RBIs in 33 games with the Athletics earlier this season. He was outrighted to Las Vegas on May 25.
Avans, who turns 29 on June 13, was 2-for-15 (.133) in seven games with the A’s.
–Field Level Media
