Right-hander Osvaldo Bido was placed on the 15-day injured list, one of a handful of transactions the Oakland A’s announced Tuesday before their series opener with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
Bido, diagnosed with right wrist flexor tendonitis, was originally scheduled to make his 10th start of the season Tuesday as the A’s began a nine-game road trip. JP Sears will instead pitch against the American League West-leading Astros as his start was moved up a day.
Joey Estes’s start this week was also moved up, and he will pitch on Wednesday. Mitch Spence is scheduled to start Thursday’s series finale.
In other moves Tuesday, the A’s recalled left-hander Brady Basso and first baseman Ryan Noda from Triple-A Las Vegas and optioned infielder Tristan Gray.
Bido, in his first season with the A’s after signing with the team as a free agent last winter, owns a 5-3 record and a 3.41 ERA this year with 63 strikeouts over 63 1/3 innings. In his most recent start on Sept. 2 in Oakland against the Mariners, Bido allowed four earned runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Bido’s placement on the IL is retroactive to Sept. 8. The A’s finish the road trip with two more games against the Astros on Wednesday and Thursday before they travel to Chicago, where they’ll stay for nearly a week. Oakland plays the White Sox from Friday to Sunday and the Cubs from Sept. 16-18.
Noda, a Volo, Illinois native, spent almost all of the 2023 season with the A’s, but after a poor start to 2024 when he hit just .128 with a .440 OPS, he was optioned to Triple-A on May 2.
With the Aviators, Noda batted .224 with 81 runs, 21 doubles, 22 home runs, 54 RBI, and 89 walks. He also owned a .391 on-base percentage and .877 OPS in 101 games in Triple-A.
Noda, 28, leads the Pacific Coast League in walks, ranks sixth in on-base percentage, seventh in runs scored, and 10th in OPS. He started 22 games at first base and one at designated hitter with the A’s. He had 50 starts at first base, 42 in right field, six in center field, and one as a designated hitter with Las Vegas.
Basso joins the A’s for the fifth time this year. He was recalled most recently on Thursday, throwing six scoreless innings in a start and no decision against Detroit on Saturday before being optioned on Sunday. He is 0-0 with a 1.93 ERA in four appearances overall with the A’s.
The A’s entered Tuesday 14 games back of the third and final spot in the AL Wild Card race and have a tragic number of five to be eliminated from playoff contention. The Astros entered the week with a 4½-game lead in the AL West over the second-place Mariners.