A’s Announce Roster Moves

The A’s made some adjustments to their roster on Sunday, and according to the A’s official website, the team moved John Meloan and Justin Souza to Triple-A Sacramento. The A’s also shuffled Gabe Gross and Jeff Larish around by placing them in Triple-A as well. Gross and Larish, however, opted to become free agents rather than accept the trip back to the minors.

Gross, who joined the A’s this past off-season, batted just .239 with a home run and 25 RBIs. You could say that Gross’ performance was hindered by the fact that the A’s used him in the lineup in a very sporadic fashion. The 31-year old out-fielder appeared in 105 games this year for Oakland, but made only 54 starts.

Larish, like Gross, had trouble finding playing time this year as well. Oakland claimed the 28-year old off waivers from Detroit in August, but never really got much out of him. Larish hit .179 with two homers and 9 RBIs. Other than that, however, Larish proved highly inconsistent for the A’s, and really never found much of a groove during his stint in Oakland.

Here’s a few words from the article found on the A’s official site about Meloan and Souza:

"Meloan, meanwhile, missed the entire season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on March 30. Fellow hurler Souza split his season between Double-A Midland and Sacramento, but was sidelined the final month with a stress fracture in his right elbow.Souza went 2-2 with six saves and a 3.38 ERA in 28 relief appearances for Midland and proceeded to tally an 8.00 ERA in five outings with the River Cats. —Jane Lee, MLB.comFor more on these roster moves, you can visit the A’s official site by click here."