{"id":726854,"date":"2026-06-10T06:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/726854\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:53:25","slug":"as-notes-morris-civale-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/726854\/","title":{"rendered":"A’s Notes: Morris, Civale, Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The A\u2019s optioned rookie righty\u00a0Kade Morris<\/a> back to Triple-A Las Vegas before tonight\u2019s game against the Brewers. They recalled\u00a0Joey Estes<\/a> for his first MLB look of the season.<\/p>\n

Morris, one of the organization\u2019s better pitching prospects, came up for his MLB debut over the weekend. He started Saturday\u2019s game in Houston and was rocked for nine runs over four innings. It had seemed he\u2019d get the opportunity to take another turn. If a team intends to option a starting pitcher, they\u2019ll typically do it right after the start and carry an extra bullpen arm for the intervening few days.<\/p>\n

Last night\u2019s absurd series opener might have changed the plans. The A\u2019s are playing the first of six at Las Vegas Ballpark, which is expected to play very hitter-friendly. That was certainly the case on Monday, as the A\u2019s and Brewers combined for 29 runs over a 12-inning game. They used six relievers behind Jeffrey Springs<\/a>, with all but Elvis Alvarado<\/a> and\u00a0Mason Barnett<\/a> coming out of the bullpen. Estes has been working out of the Triple-A rotation and last pitched on Wednesday, so he\u2019s available as a length option tonight.\u00a0J.T. Ginn<\/a> is on the bump.<\/p>\n

It will leave the A\u2019s with more questions about how they\u2019ll arrange their rotation over the weekend.\u00a0Jack Perkins<\/a> will start tomorrow\u2019s series finale. They\u2019re off on Thursday, then welcome the Rockies for three at Las Vegas Ballpark. They\u2019ll then head back to Sacramento\u2019s Sutter Health Park \u2014 itself a tough environment for pitchers \u2014 for series against the Pirates and Angels.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s off day means they could drop to a four-man rotation and use\u00a0Gage Jump<\/a>, Springs, and Ginn on regular rest for the weekend. That\u2019s probably not ideal as they lead into a stretch of 10 consecutive game days. Estes or Barnett are built up enough that either one could get a spot start if they\u2019re not needed in relief over the next two days.<\/p>\n

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang<\/a> has yet to make his MLB debut and has an ERA north of 7.00 in Triple-A. Neither Morris nor Jacob Lopez<\/a> can be recalled this week unless another pitcher suffers an injury, as they otherwise need to spend 15 days on optional assignment.\u00a0Luis Morales<\/a> is working out of the Triple-A bullpen, while prospect Braden Nett<\/a> is still building up after a month-long injured list stint in the minors.<\/p>\n

Aaron Civale<\/a> could be back in the rotation at some point next week. He\u2019s trending toward a nearly minimal injured list stint due to shoulder tendinitis. According to the MLB.com injury tracker<\/a>, he\u2019ll make a Triple-A rehab start on Thursday. He\u2019ll probably only need one such outing before he\u2019s ready to rejoin the MLB staff.\u00a0Luis Severino<\/a> is much further off, as he\u2019ll be out beyond the All-Star Break due to a shoulder strain.<\/p>\n

The A\u2019s may get a lineup reinforcement back for the weekend. Shortstop Jacob Wilson<\/a> played his third rehab game tonight. Wilson has missed a month with a dislocated left shoulder.\u00a0Darell Hernaiz<\/a> and\u00a0Alika Williams<\/a> have split the recent shortstop work.<\/p>\n

Hernaiz was optioned yesterday when Max Muncy<\/a> returned from his own lengthy absence due to a broken finger. Wilson\u2019s forthcoming activation seems likely to bump Williams back to the minors as well, though the A\u2019s could at least consider optioning Lawrence Butler<\/a>. He\u2019s been supplanted by\u00a0Henry Bolte<\/a> in center field and has only started twice this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The A\u2019s optioned rookie righty\u00a0Kade Morris back to Triple-A Las Vegas before tonight\u2019s game against the Brewers. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[44661,64,63,320306,352120,352121,15923,591,85],"class_list":["post-726854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-civale","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jacob-wilson-b-2002","tag-joey-estes","tag-kade-morris","tag-max-muncy-2002","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}