Full name is Luis Angel Medina.
2024
Began the season on the injured list with a knee injury, went 2-4 with a 5.17 ERA and .772 opponents OPS in eight starts with the A’s, and then finished the season on the IL with an elbow injury that led to “Tommy John” surgery...Struck out 32 batters in 40.0 innings but walked 20 for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 1.60...Now has a 1.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio in his career (138 strikeouts, 77 walks, 149.2 innings)...Had five wild pitches and now has 16 in 149.2 career innings...Allowed a .276 opponents batting average, which broke down to .244 (20-for-82) with a .694 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .311 (23-for-74) with an .859 OPS against right-handers...Yielded four home runs, three of which were solo shots...Was 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA and .664 opponents OPS in four starts during the day, 1-3 with a 7.23 ERA and .880 OPS in four starts at night...Was 0-3 with a 9.69 ERA in three starts on four days rest, 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his other five starts...Had no decisions and a 0.77 ERA in two interleague starts and was 2-4 with a 6.99 ERA in six starts against American League competition...Tossed six innings or fewer in each of his eight starts...Allowed one run four times and four runs or more four times.
2023
Went 3-10 with a 5.42 ERA and .792 opponents OPS in 23 games, including 17 starts, over two stints with the A’s in his Major League debut…his six relief appearances came in games started by an opener or a pitcher on a limited pitch count...Struck out 106 batters in 109.2 innings but walked 57 for an average of 4.68 walks per nine innings…had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 1.86, which was ninth lowest in the Majors among pitchers with at least 100 innings pitched...Had 11 wild pitches, which tied for fifth most in the majors, and hit eight batters...Had the second most wild pitches in the Majors among rookies, ranked third in most losses and walks, tied for fifth in hit batters and sixth in runs allowed (73)…is the first A’s rookie to lose 10 games since 2017 when both Daniel Gossett (11) and Jharel Cotton (10) did it…his wild pitches are third most in Oakland history by a rookie behind Blake Stein (15 in 1998) and Matt Keough (12 in 1978)...Allowed a .255 opponents batting average, which broke down to .247 (60-for-243) with a .796 opponents OPS against right-handed hitters and .266 (49-for-184) with a .785 OPS against left-handers…yielded 11 home runs in 243 at bats against right-handed hitters (22.1 at bats per home run), three in 185 at bats against left-handers (61.7 at bats per home run)...Opponents hit .264 with runners in scoring position but were 2-for-15 (.133) with a walk with the bases loaded...Was 2-7 with a 6.34 ERA and .861 opponents OPS in 12 games at the All-Star Break…then went 1-3 with a 4.32 ERA and .707 OPS in 11 games after the break…allowed 11 home runs in 59.2 innings before the break (1.66 per nine innings), three in 50.0 innings after the break (0.54 per nine innings)...Had a 5.47 ERA and .795 opponents OPS in his 17 starts, a 5.27 ERA and .784 opponents OPS in six relief appearances…tossed at least 3.0 innings in each of his relief appearances, including five or more three times…had 14 outings of at least five innings overall and none under 2.0 innings...Had a 2-4 record and a 4.87 ERA in 12 games at home, 1-6 with a 6.02 ERA in 11 games on the road...Was 0-5 in five day games...Posted a 2.86 ERA in July but had an ERA of 5.32 or higher in each of the other five months...Compiled a 6.18 ERA in innings 1-2, a 2.28 ERA in innings 3-4 and a 9.33 ERA from the fifth inning on...Went 0-5 with a 6.97 ERA and .949 OPS in six games, including five starts, against American League West competition...Allowed a .407 batting average and 1.250 OPS to the opponents leadoff hitter but held the three hitter to a .200 batting average…yielded five of his 14 home runs to the first hitter in the batting order...Walked three or more batters in 12 of his 23 appearances...Defensively, he turned three double plays, which tied for third most in the majors among pitchers...Also went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA and .864 opponents OPS in six games, five starts, at Triple-A Las Vegas...Allowed a .254 opponents batting average but walked 16 in 16.2 innings for a .423 on-base percentage...Struck out 23 batters, an average of 12.42 per nine innings, and yielded just one home run...His opponents batting average broke down to .148 (4-for-27) with a .519 OPS against lefthanded hitters compared to .344 (11-for-32) wit4h a 1.156 OPS against right-handers.
2022
Was one of four players acquired by Oakland from the New York Yankees at the trading deadline and spent the entire season at Double-A…combined to go 5-7 with a 5.24 ERA and .704 opponents OPS in a career-high 24 starts for Somerset in the Yankees organization and Midland in the A’s farm system... Allowed a .233 opponents batting average but walked 62 batters for a .359 on-base percentage…the 62 walks were sixth most among Double-A pitchers... Surrendered just seven home runs and had a .346 opponents slugging percentage... Among Double-A pitchers with 90 or more innings pitched, he had the fifth lowest opponents slugging percentage and seventh fewest home runs per nine innings (0.68)…however, he had the highest average of walks per nine innings (6.02), the third lowest strikeout-to-walk ratio (1.73) and the fourth most pitches per inning (18.4)... Tied for the lead among all Minor League pitchers with 24 wild pitches (Graeme Stinson, Montgomery and Bowling Green)...Went 4-3 with a 3.38 ERA and .579 opponents OPS in 17 starts with Somerset…then compiled a 1-4 record, an 11.76 ERA and 1.053 OPS in seven starts with Midland... His opponents batting average broke down to .232 (42-for-181) with a .732 OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .235 (39-for-166) with a .673 OPS against left-handers... Had a .233 average with the bases empty, .234 with five of his seven home runs with runners on…opponents were 4-for-10 (.400) with two doubles and two walks with the bases loaded... Went 3-1 with a 3.78 ERA in 10 starts on five days rest or fewer, 2-6 with a 6.85 ERA in 13 starts on six days rest or more... Was 1-2 with a 2.55 ERA in eight starts at home for Somerset but was 0-3 with a 20.25 ERA in three starts at home for Midland…was 4-2 with a 5.15 ERA in 13 starts on the road... Had a .278 opponents batting average against the one through five hitters in the order, a .163 average against the six through nine hitters... His teams were 9-3 in his no decisions and had a 14-10 (.583) record in his starting assignments…tossed fewer than five innings in 15 of his 24 starts…walked at least one batter in every start...DAY-BY-DAY: Began the season at Double-A Somerset in the Yankees organization and tossed fewer than 3.0 innings in each of his first three starts…then tossed 5.0 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit and one walk to defeat Portland 7-1 on April 29…went 1-1 with a 2.31 ERA and .122 opponents batting average in four starts in April but walked eight batters in 11.2 innings…allowed nine runs (seven earned) in his first two starts in May (6.1 innings) but then went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA, .165 opponents batting average and .505 opponents OPS over a seven-start stretch from May 21 to June 26…struck out a season-high 10 batters in a season-high 6.0 scoreless innings in a 2-0 win at New Hampshire on June 15 (2 h, 1 bb)…it was his eighth career game of 10 or more strikeouts…tossed a season-high 95 pitches in 5.1 innings and had a no decision in a 3-2 loss to Hartford…matched his season-high with 6.0 scoreless innings on June 26 against Hartford…allowed just one hit but had a no decision in a 6-5, 10-inning win…finished June 1-0 with a 2.02 ERA, .151 opponents batting average and .473 OPS in five starts…struck out 34 and walked seven in 26.2 innings…then allowed six runs and a season-high five walks for the loss in his first start of July on the 2nd at Reading…won his final two starts with Somerset on July 14 at Portland and July 27 at Richmond for his only winning streak of the season…was traded to the Oakland A’s with JP Sears and minor leaguers Cooper Bowman and Ken Waldichuk for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino on Aug. 1…reported to Double-A Midland following the deal and allowed a season-high seven runs on four hits and four walks in 2.0 innings for the loss in his RockHounds debut Aug. 3 at Arkansas…was credited with his lone Midland win Aug. 9 at Tulsa but then went 0-3 with an 11.85 ERA and 1.157 opponents OPS over his final five starts…allowed five runs on a season-high eight hits, four walks and a season-high three wild pitches in an 8-0 loss to Arkansas on Aug. 30… made 10 starts for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League and was 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA…logged just 28.0 innings as he did not pitch more than 3.0 innings in any outing.
2021
Combined with High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset to go 6-4 with a 3.39 ERA (106.1IP, 83H, 45R/40ER, 60BB, 133K, 11HR) in 22 games (21 starts)…ranked fourth among Yankees farmhands in strikeouts and fifth in ERA…allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 16-of-22 appearances...Recorded four double-digit strikeout performances: a career-high 12K on 8/26 vs. Double-A Akron, 11K on 5/20 at High-A Brooklyn, 10K on 6/16 vs. Double-A Richmond and 10K in Game 1 on 9/2 at Double-A Bowie...Began the season with High-A Hudson Valley, going 2-1 with a 2.76 ERA (32.2IP, 18H, 10ER, 19BB, 50K, 4HR) in seven starts...Was named the High-A East League “Pitcher of the Week” for 5/3-9 after tossing 9.0 scoreless innings over two starts (2H, 4BB, 15K, 1HP)…Was promoted to Double-A Somerset on 6/15 and went 4-3 with a 3.67 ERA (73.2IP, 65H, 35R/30ER, 41BB, 83K, 7HR) in 15 games (14 starts)…Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Yankees organization.
2020
Spent the season at the Yankees’ Alternate Site as part of the 60-man player pool...Made three spring training relief appearances (all in Florida), posting a 2.25 ERA (4.0IP, 1ER)... Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Yankees organization...Was named “Pitcher of the Year” in the Puerto Rican Winter League after going 1-0 with a 0.54 ERA (16.2IP, 1ER) and 32K in four starts for Los Indios de Mayagüez.
2019
Combined with Single-A Charleston and Single-A Tampa to go 1-8 with a 5.47 ERA (103.2IP, 63ER) in 22 starts...Spent the majority of the season with Charleston, going 1-8 with a 6.00 ERA (93.0IP, 62ER) in 20 starts...Made two starts with Tampa, receiving no-decisions in both while allowing 5R/1ER in 10.2IP...Finished fifth among Yankee minor league pitchers with 127 strikeouts...Was named SAL “Pitcher of the Week” for 8/12-18 after tossing 7.0 scoreless innings on 8/13 vs. Columbia (2H, 1B, 10K)...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 7 prospect and No. 15 prospect in the South Atlantic League…was touted as having the “Best Fastball” among organization farmhands...Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/20/19.
2018
Went 1-3 with a 6.25 ERA (36.0IP, 32H, 35R/25ER, 46BB, 47K) in 12 starts with Rookie-level Pulaski...Had a career-high 11.75 K/9.0IP ratio...Following the season, was named by Baseball America as having the “Best Fastball” and the “Best Curveball” in the Yankees organization.
2017
Combined with the DSL Yankees and Rookie-level Pulaski to go 2-2 with a 5.35 ERA (38.2 IP, 31H, 29R/23ER, 24BB, 39K) in 10 games (nine starts)...Appeared in four games (three starts) with the DSL Yankees, going 1-1 with a 5.74 ERA (15.2IP, 17H, 15R/10ER, 10BB, 17K)...Was promoted on 7/24 to Pulaski, going 1-1 with a 5.09 ERA (23.0IP, 14H, 14R/13ER, 14BB, 22K) in six starts...Following the season, was ranked the No.8 prospect in the Yankees organization by Baseball America.
2016
Did not record a decision and posted a 1.93 ERA (4.2 IP, 2H, 1ER, 4BB, 4K) in three starts in his professional debut with the DSL Yankees.
