WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Athletics recalled right-handed pitcher Gunnar Hoglund from Triple-A Las Vegas and optioned right-handed pitcher Carlos Duran to Las Vegas, the club announced today.
Hoglund will be making his Major League debut after going 1-2 with a 2.43 ERA and .664 opponents OPS in six games, all starts, with Las Vegas. He leads the Pacific Coast League in WHIP (1.04), is tied for the lead in games started, ranks second in ERA, fourth in opponents batting average (.226) and tied for fifth in strikeouts (30) and innings pitched (29.2). The 25-year-old right-hander had “Tommy John” surgery in college in 2021 but was selected by Toronto in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft later that year. Hoglund did not pitch in the Blue Jays organization as he was traded to the A’s with three other players for Matt Chapman on March 16, 2022. He is 12-15 with a 3.89 ERA in 49 games, including 48 starts, in four seasons in the minors.
Duran was selected on Wednesday but did not appear in a game. He was acquired by the A’s from the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 2 for Esteury Ruiz and was a combined 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA and .737 opponents OPS in seven games, including two starts, with Triple-A Oklahoma City and Las Vegas.