Marco Estrada placed on 10-day injured list

April 17th, 2019

The Oakland A’s placed right-handed pitcher Marco Estrada on the 10-day injured list with a lumbar strain and recalled right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today.

Estrada was on the A’s Opening Day roster and is 0-2 with a 6.85 ERA and .242 opponents batting average in five starts. He did not have a decision over his first three starts while posting a 2.76 ERA, but he has taken the loss in each of his last two starts, allowing 13 runs on 14 hits in 7.1 innings.

Bassitt began the season on the IL with a right lower leg contusion and started a rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton April 4. He made one start with the Ports and two more with Las Vegas on April 9 and 14 and was a combined 0-0 with a 3.27 ERA and .190 opponents batting average in three starts when he was reinstated from the IL yesterday and optioned to Las Vegas.