The Oakland A's have agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Marco Estrada on a one-year contract for the 2019 season, the club announced today. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, the A's outrighted right-handed pitcher Parker Bridwell to Triple-A Las Vegas. Bridwell will be a non-roster invitee with the A's this spring.
Estrada was 7-14 with a 5.64 ERA and .274 opponents batting average in 28 starts for Toronto last year after going 32-26 with a 3.88 ERA and .222 opponents average in 96 games, 90 starts, over his first three seasons with the Blue Jays from 2015-17. He had his best season in 2015 when he went 13-8 with a 3.13 ERA and was named to the American League All-Star Team in 2016.
Estrada made his Major League debut with Washington in 2008 and appeared in 15 games in two seasons with the Nationals before spending five years in Milwaukee. He has pitched 11 seasons in the majors and is 62-66 with a 4.24 ERA and .237 opponents batting average in 278 games, including 189 starts. The 35-year-old right-hander has also pitched in the postseason in 2011, 15 and 16 and is 3-3 with a 2.64 ERA in 10 games, including six starts.
Bridwell was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. He went 1-0 with a 17.55 ERA in five games with the Angels and 1-1 with an 8.68 ERA in six starts with Triple-A Salt Lake last year. Bridwell had two stints on the Bees disabled list with an inflamed right elbow, missing time from April 19 to May 17 and June 8 to Sept. 10.
The complete 2018 and career statistics for Estrada follow: