6:56pm: The teams have announced the one-for-one trade.
6:40pm: Left-hander Easton Lucas is going back to Oakland, Heyman reports (on Twitter).
6:37pm: The Orioles are acquiring Shintaro Fujinami from the A’s, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (Twitter link). John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle and Martín Gallegos of MLB.com had noted that Fujinami was saying goodbyes to his Oakland teammates before the acquiring club was known.
Fujinami signed a one-year, $3.25MM free agent contract with Oakland over the winter. The A’s took a flier on his upside despite an inconsistent decade-long run in Japan. The 6’6″ righty brought high-octane stuff but a spotty performance track record and wobbly control to the big leagues.
A cursory glance at Fujinami’s season line would suggest the experiment didn’t pay off. He concluded his A’s tenure with an 8.57 ERA through 49 1/3 innings. No other pitcher with 40+ frames has allowed more than eight earned runs per nine.
That ghastly season line is skewed by an incredibly poor first couple months. Initially penciled into the starting rotation, Fujinami was tagged for a 14.26 ERA across seven starts. The A’s understandably kicked him to the bullpen by late April.
Fujinami’s 5.40 ERA over 31 2/3 relief innings isn’t eye-catching itself. That’s also skewed by some growing pains early on. The 29-year-old has worked scoreless outings in 15 of his last 20 appearances. Since May 27 — an admittedly arbitrary endpoint — Fujinami owns a 3.32 ERA in 21 2/3 frames. He’s striking hitters out at a quality 25.6% clip against a modest 7% walk rate in that time.
More to come.
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