With Matt Olson, Matt Chapman on trade block, Chris Bassitt is first Oakland A’s player dealt in 2022.
The longest-tenured A’s big leaguer prior to the trade, Bassitt had a standout 2021, going 12-4 in 27 starts with a 3.15 ERA and 159 strikeouts in 157.1 innings pitched and made the All-Star team for the first time. After being acquired in a December 2014 trade from the White Sox , Bassitt appeared in 100 games in the green and gold across six seasons, going 30-24 with a 3.44 ERA.
Bassitt is currently in his final year of team control and will be a free agent after this season. He hasn’t negotiated his contract via arbitration yet, but MLB Trade Rumors projected him at $8.8 million for 2022. Ginn, 22, is the Mets’ No. 5 prospect on MLB.com and was their second-round pick in 2020. He was selected in the first round by the Dodgers in 2018, but elected to go to Mississippi State instead and got a $2.9 million signing bonus from the Mets two years later, even though he was recovering from Tommy John surgery.
In his lone professional season, Ginn had a 3.03 ERA in 92 innings pitched, tallying 81 strikeouts and 22 walks between Low-A and High-A. Per MLB.com’s prospect writeup, Ginn has a fastball that touches 95 miles per hour and also mixes in a slider and a changeup. Oller, 27, was drafted by the Pirates in the 20th round in 2016 and also spent time in the Giants organization before the Mets selected him in the minor league portion of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft. He had a strong 2021 split between Double-A and Triple-A, going 9-4 in 23 starts with a 3.45 ERA and 138 strikeouts across 120 innings pitched. The Mets were impressed by his season, naming Oller their 2021 minor league player of the year and adding him to their 40-man roster on Nov.
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