A’s roster moves: Joey Estes gets the call

Easton Lucas heading back to Triple-A

The Athletics announced a roster move just a few hours before their game against Seattle, promoting rookie starter Joey Estes for tonight’s start against the Mariners:

This’ll be Estes’ first call up of the season as the young right-hander began the season in Triple-A. Estes, one of the players acquired from the Braves for former Athletic Matt Olson, started last season in Double-A but would make his big league debut in a quick cup of coffee during September. It didn’t go great however as the 23-year-old allowed 8 earned runs in ten innings over two starts.

His time in Vegas so far this year hasn’t gone great. The righty sports a 6.04 ERA over six starts with the Aviators, collecting 26 strikeouts in 28 innings. Not the best numbers in the world and he’s coming off a start where he allowed four runs in four innings. Tonight will be Estes’ third career start and he’ll be facing a Mariners team that finds itself just a half game out of first place.

To make room on the roster for Estes the club optioned left-handed reliever Easton Lucas to Triple-A. Lucas was only just recently recalled and he made it into two games for the Athletics. Neither appearance went great as he allowed runs in both outings. The return piece for Shintaro Fujinami from the Baltimore Orioles, Lucas will head back to Triple-A and continue to serve as left-handed bullpen depth. We’ll see him again at some point this year.