A's trade LHP Travis Blackley to Houston for OF Jake Goebbert
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's traded left-handed pitcher Travis Blackley to the Houston Astros for minor league outfielder Jake Goebbert, the club announced today.
Blackley went 1-1 with a 14.21 ERA in seven games, including two starts, for the A's this spring before he was designated for assignment last Friday. He allowed 27 hits in 12.2 innings for a .450 opponents batting average. Blackley was claimed off waivers from San Francisco last year on May 15 and went 6-4 with a 3.86 ERA in 24 games, 15 starts, with the A's. He is 7-7 with a 5.37 ERA in 36 career Major League appearances, including 23 starts.
Goebbert spent most of the 2012 season at Double-A Corpus Christi, where he batted .304 with 23 doubles, six triples, nine home runs and 53 RBI in 114 games. He also walked 55 times for a .399 on-base percentage. The 25-year-old left-handed hitter also hit .133 in 16 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City. Goebbert is a .285 career hitter with 31 home runs and 237 RBI in 456 games over four seasons in the minors.
The complete 2012 and minor league career statistics for Goebbert follows:
GOEBBERT | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | SLG | OBP |
Corpus Christi (AA) | .304 | 114 | 368 | 71 | 112 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 5 | 3 | .473 | .399 |
Oklahoma City (AAA) | .133 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .257 |
CAREER | .285 | 456 | 1588 | 247 | 452 | 111 | 14 | 31 | 237 | 176 | 262 | 26 | 15 | .431 | .363 |