OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s placed outfielder Stephen Piscotty on the 10-day injured list retroactive to August 25 with a sprained right ankle and selected outfielder/first baseman Seth Brown from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, the A’s designated outfielder Nick Martini for assignment.

Piscotty returns to the injured list for the second time as he was out from June 30 to August 2 with a sprained right knee. He hit .304 with four home runs and 10 RBI in 16 games after returning from the IL and is batting .252 with 13 home runs and 44 RBI in 92 games overall with the A’s.

Brown batted .297 with 37 home runs and 104 RBI in 112 games with Las Vegas in his Triple-A debut and ranks second in the minors in home runs and RBI. He leads the Pacific Coast League in RBI and total bases (286), ranks second in home runs, extra base hits (72) and runs (101), fourth in slugging (.634) and ninth in OPS (.986). The 27-year-old left-handed hitter is hitting .335 with 19 home runs and 45 RBI in 39 games since the All-Star Break. Brown has appeared in 64 games at first base, 26 at designated hitter, 17 in left field and nine in right field. He was originally selected by Oakland in the 19th round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft and is a .274 hitter with 92 home runs and 391 RBI in 573 games in five seasons as a professional. 

Martini had two stints with the A’s this year and went 1-for-11 (.091) with a home run and two RBI in six games. He was also hitting .328 with eight home runs and 42 RBI in 70 games with Las Vegas. The 29-year-old left-handed hitter signed a minor league deal with Oakland following the 2017 season and batted .296 in 55 games with the A’s in his Major League debut last year.