OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s placed designated hitter Mitch Moreland on the 10-day injured list retroactive to May 15 with an inflamed costochondral junction of his left rib and recalled outfielder Luis Barrera from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today.

Moreland was hitting .237 with four home runs and 15 RBI in 31 games with the A’s. He had hit safely in each of his last five games before the injury (6-for-18, .333). Moreland has started 23 games at designated hitter and five at first base.

Barrera was batting .349 with two home runs and seven RBI in 11 games with Las Vegas and will be making his Major League debut. He was originally signed by the A’s out of the Dominican Republic on July 3, 2012 at the age of 16 and is a .282 hitter with 73 doubles, 38 triples, 23 home runs and 190 RBI in 449 games over eight seasons in the minors. The 25-year-old left-handed hitter has played in 146 games in center field, 134 in left field, 126 in right field and two at first base as a minor leaguer.