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A’s prospect Manaea set for callup
- Updated: April 27, 2016
DETROIT — Highly touted left-hander Sean Manaea is coming to Oakland.
Manager Bob Melvin confirmed before Wednesday’s game against the Tigers that Manaea will join the A’s in Oakland on Friday and make his Major League debut that night against the Astros.
Manaea is ranked as the A’s No. 2 prospect and No. 65 in baseball by MLB Pipeline. The left-hander is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts for Triple-A Nashville this season, having struck out 21 batters in 18 innings. The A’s acquired Manaea in last season’s trade with the Royals involving Ben Zobrist.
What to expect from A’s Manaea in big leagues
“[Manaea’s numbers] look really good; we knew that,” Melvin said. “We saw him in spring, got to see him long enough to know the talent level meets what our expectations were of him. He maybe exceeded it in spring. We knew, at some point in time, we’d be seeing him, whether it be earlier …
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