Oakland A's right-handed pitcher Fernando Rodney has joined the club in Anaheim. He was acquired from Minnesota yesterday in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Dakota Chalmers. To make room on the 40-man and 25-man roster, right-handed pitcher Chris Hatcher has been designated for assignment. Left-handed pitcher Jeremy Bleich, who was designated for assignment on Aug. 6, has been outrighted to Triple-A Nashville.
Rodney will wear #56 and be available for tonight's 7:07 pm game at the Los Angeles Angels.
Rodney, 41, is 3-2 with 25 saves and a 3.09 ERA (15 ER, 43.2 IP) with 50 strikeouts in 46 relief appearances for Minnesota this season. He has averaged over 10.00 strikeouts per 9.0 innings this season, and has averaged over 10.0 in five of the last six seasons (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018). His 325 career saves are 17th on MLB all-time saves list. Since May 1st is 22-for-25 in save opps with a 2.50 ERA (10 ER, 36.0 IP) and a .224 opponent average (30-for-134) in 37 games.
In 16 Major League seasons, he is 47-65 with 325 saves in 397 save opportunities with a 3.70 ERA (355 ER, 864.2 IP) with 874 strikeouts with Detroit (2002-03, 2005-09), Los Angeles-AL (2010-11), Tampa Bay (2012-13), Seattle (2014-15), Chicago-NL (2015), San Diego (2016), Miami (2016), Arizona (2017) and Minnesota (2018). 
Hatcher, 33, was 3-2 with a 4.24 ERA (16 ER, 34.0 IP) with 28 strikeouts in 30 relief appearances for Oakland this season. Since joining Oakland via trade on Aug. 15, 2017, he is 4-3 with one save and a 3.95 ERA (25 ER, 57.0 IP) with 48 strikeouts in 53 relief appearances.
Bleich, 31, made his Major League debut with the A's this year and allowed two runs on two hits in 0.1 innings in two relief appearances during his stint with Oakland from July 13 to 21. He is 1-1 with a save and a 2.91 ERA in 31 relief appearances with Triple-A Nashville.