Justin Sterner #60

Is 4-3 with a 3.13 ERA in 61 relief appearances in two seasons in the Majors with the Rays (2024) and A’s (2025)…59 of those 61 outings came last year with the A’s…was signed by the Miami Marlins a month shy of his 24th birthday on July 31, 2020 and was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays July 3, 2021 before being claimed off waivers by the A’s on Nov. 4, 2024…is 18-11 with 15 saves and a 4.08 ERA in 141 games as a Minor Leaguer…has struck out 275 in 209.2 innings (11.80 per nine innings) and walked 85 for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.24.

2025

Pitched in 59 games over two stints with the A’s and was 4-3 with a 3.18 ERA and .633 opponents OPS...Struck out 70 batters in 65 innings, an average of 9.69 per nine innings…walked 21 for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.33...Hit seven batters, which tied for eighth most in the Majors among relievers...Led the A’s in games pitched and holds (16)…it marked just the second time over the last 38 years the A’s did not have a pitcher appear in at least 60 games in a full season (also 2023)…also had a team-leading six blown saves, none of which came in the ninth inning...Did not allow a run over his first 18 games and 18.2 innings through May 7, had a 7.36 ERA over his next 25 contests from May 10 to Aug. 10, and then posted a 0.87 ERA over his final 16 outings beginning Aug. 12...Held the opposition to a .201 batting average, which broke down to .140 (13-for-93) with a .510 opponents OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .241 (34-for-141) with a .716 OPS against right-handers...Yielded a .172 average with runners in scoring position…surrendered seven of his 10 home runs with the bases empty...Allowed 8-of-27 (29.6%) inherited runners to score…first batters faced were 14-for-50 (.280) with four walks and two hit batters...Had a 1.88 ERA and .528 opponents OPS in 41 night games, a 6.88 ERA and .909 OPS in 18 day games…yielded five home runs in 48.0 innings at night and five in 17.0 innings during the day...Posted a 1.33 ERA in the eighth inning or later...did not allow a run in the ninth inning (5.2 IP)...Did not surrender a run in eight appearances on no days' rest (5.1 IP)...Compiled a 0.68 ERA in 23 interleague appearances, a 4.93 ERA in 36 games against American League competition…his interleague ERA was the lowest in the Majors among pitchers with at least 25 interleague innings...did not allow a run in eight games against National League East teams (10.2 IP)...Yielded a .088 batting average with two strikes…opponents were 1-for-27 with 15 strikeouts on an 0-2 count...Tossed more than one inning in 21 of his 59 appearances, including a season-high two innings six times...pitched one inning in his one start as an opener...Also made three appearances with Triple-A Las Vegas and allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out one in three innings (9.00 ERA).

2024

Made his Major League debut with Tampa Bay and had a 2.25 ERA (4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO) in two relief appearances...Spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Durham where he was 2-4 with two saves, a 3.28 ERA and .652 opponents OPS in 34 games, including one start...The ERA was the lowest of his career as was his .357 opponents slugging percentage...Matched his career high in losses...Struck out 60 batters in 46.2 innings for a career-best 11.57 strikeouts per nine innings...Walked 17 for a career-low 3.28 walks per nine innings...Allowed a .208 opponents batting average, which broke down to .194 (18-for-93) with a .558 OPS by left-handed hitters and .227 (17-for-75) with a .767 OPS by right-handers...Surrendered five of his seven home runs to righties...Issued 11 of his 17 walks to lefties...Held the opposition to a .160 batting average with runners on base...Six of his seven home runs allowed were solo shots...Stranded all five of his inherited runners...Converted 2-of-6 (33.3%) save opportunities...First batters faced were 10-for-29 (.345) with three walks and a hit-by-pitch (.424 on-base percentage)...Yielded a .120 batting average with two strikes...Held the two-hitter in the batting order to a .105 batting average and the clean-up hitter batted .120...Tossed at least one inning in 32 of his 34 appearances, including two or more 10 times.

2023

Went 6-1 with a 5.27 ERA (54.2IP, 32ER) in 34 relief appearances between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham…made 10 relief appearances for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League, going 1-0 with a 3.48 ERA (10.1IP, 4ER).