{"id":52818,"date":"2025-05-25T05:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T05:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/52818\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T05:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T05:11:24","slug":"reports-athletics-call-up-top-prospects-amid-nine-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/52818\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Athletics call up top prospects amid nine-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/mlb\/oakland-athletics\/mlb-rumors-denzel-clark-top-prospect\/1851709\/?partner=yahoo&amp;cid=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reports: Athletics call up top prospects amid nine-game skid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reports: Athletics call up top prospects amid nine-game skid<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com?cid=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC Sports Bay Area;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Athletics are pulling all the tricks out of the bag in an effort to end their nine-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s are calling up top prospect and outfielder Denzel Clarke from Triple-A Las Vegas, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffpassan\/status\/1925757042402164894?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan<\/a> reported Thursday night, citing sources. They also are calling up No. 30 prospect and infielder\/outfielder Logan Davidson, MLB.com\u2019s Martin Gallegos reported Friday, citing a source, and catcher Willie Maclver, infielder CJ Alexander and left-handed pitcher Jacob Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>Gallegos also reported Friday that the A\u2019s optioned centerfielder JJ Bleday, right-handed pitcher Carlos Duran and catcher Jhonny Pereda to Triple-A Las Vegas and designated outfielder\/infielder Seth Brown for assignment, placed third baseman Gio Urshela on IL and transferred infielder Zack Gelof to the 60-day IL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We\u2019re] obviously in a stretch right now where we\u2019re not finding ways to win,\u201d general manager David Forst told reporters Friday. \u201cTrying to make some changes where we can. \u2026 We will continue to look, both from a position player and pitcher\u2019s standpoint, for places where we can make improvements and get back to the kind of baseball we were playing before this stretch started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re better than we\u2019ve shown the last 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, who just turned 25, is hitting .286\/.436\/.419 through 31 games with Las Vegas. The 6-foot-4, 220-pounder already is viewed by the Athletics as a Gold Glove-caliber defender in center (h\/t Gallegos), and Forst told reporters he\u2019ll start there in Friday\u2019s game against the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a defensive standpoint in center, he\u2019s probably one of the better ones we have in the organization,\u201d Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said of Clarke back in March. \u201cHe\u2019s super talented out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davidson was selected by the Athletics in the first round of the 2019 MLB Draft, and through 41 games with Las Vegas, he is hitting .303 with a .879 OPS. Forst envisions Davidson being a valuable \u201csuper-utility guy\u201d for the A\u2019s moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Maclver, 28, is hitting .389 with a 1.017 OPS through 35 games for Las Vegas, and Alexander, 28, is hitting .252\/.348\/.509 with a .857 OPS through 42 games. Lopez returns to the A\u2019s with a 3.86 ERA through seven innings during the 2025 MLB season.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics now hope Clarke\u2019s energetic spirit and crafty play, paired with a batch of fresh faces both at the plate and on the field, can help them turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>Forst said Lopez, alongside Clarke, will start against Philadelphia, giving the call-ups a quick opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports: Athletics call up top prospects amid nine-game skid originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Athletics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[537,5,1498,15132,15216,14905,4807,632,5924,4917,1952,2137,15107,15635,4,3226,25,4991,1949,3291],"class_list":{"0":"post-52818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athletics","8":"tag-athletics","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-carlos-duran","11":"tag-cj-alexander","12":"tag-david-forst","13":"tag-denzel-clarke","14":"tag-gio-urshela","15":"tag-jacob-lopez","16":"tag-jeff-passan","17":"tag-jhonny-pereda","18":"tag-jj-bleday","19":"tag-las-vegas","20":"tag-logan-davidson","21":"tag-martin-gallegos","22":"tag-mlb","23":"tag-mlb-athletics","24":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","25":"tag-seth-brown","26":"tag-the-athletics","27":"tag-zack-gelof"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114566757469101369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}