Both veterans are dealing with knee injuries, though one is more serious than the other.
A's manager Mark Kotsay told reporters in Arizona that Sean Newcomb and Freddy Tarnok are both a little behind schedule at the start of camp. Newcomb underwent surgery on each of his knees in recent months, and Tarnok had hip surgery that ended his 2023 campaign. "At this point, I'd say slightly behind" Kotsay said of Newcomb.
Newcomb and Tarnok may not be ready when Cactus League play begins The Oakland Athletics placed one pitcher on the 60-day injured list Wednesday and they have two more that are limited as spring camp gets underway.
In late September, the southpaw underwent a meniscus repair on his other knee. Two procedures, even if neither is expected to require a notable absence, surely isn’t how he envisioned the start to his A’s tenure.
Sean Newcomb joined the A’s late into the 2023 season, but the lefty showed enough to potentially be a larger part of the A’s pitching staff come 2024.
The Oakland A's are re-signing reliever Sean Newcomb after acquiring him in a minor-league trade with the San Francisco Giants over the summer.
Oakland now has 38 players on its 40-man roster not counting Sean Newcomb, who is on the 60-day injured list There was no official announcement, but the Oakland Athletics dropped two more players from their 40-man roster this week.
The A’s had already placed Newcomb on the 60-day injured list earlier, ending his season, though it wasn’t known until now that surgery was on the table for the southpaw.
The Oakland Athletics placed left-hander Sean Newcomb on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of a strained left knee. The move, retroactive to Saturday, came following his most recent appearance Friday, when he allowed four runs, three walks and five hits, including a home run, in three innings of a home loss to the San Diego Padres.
Tough game all around for the Green & Gold Oakland dropped the series opener against San Diego tonight, falling by a final of 8-3 to the Padres in Bob Melvin’s first game back at the Coliseum since departing the A’s.
Oakland begins their final homestand of the season. The Oakland Athletics return to the Coliseum Friday where they will begin their final homestand of the 2023 season with a three-game series against the San Diego Padres.
Sean Newcomb has talked about the trade he was involved in more than he expected to, but says he never really felt the pressure to perform after being involved in the move that sent him from the Angels to the Atlanta Braves in the Andrelton Simmons deal back in 2015.
The new guy getting the call to the big leagues The Athletics made a change to their pitching staff today, calling up left-handed reliever Sean Newcomb from Triple-A while sending down Hogan Harris to Vegas: Only recently acquired in a minor trade with the cross-bay Giants, Newcomb is a veteran of six big-league years, all in the NL.
The Athletics have acquired veteran left-hander Sean Newcomb from the Giants in exchange for minor league outfielder Trenton Brooks, per the teams’ transaction logs at MLB.com.
Atlanta right-hander Kyle Wright will try to halt his team's three-game losing streak and log a major-league-leading 17th win when the Braves host the Colorado Rockies in the second game of a three-game series on Wednesday.
Sean Newcomb’s 2-2 curveball didn’t break, and suddenly the mound at Yankee Stadium was the loneliest place in the world. It had seemed like this would be the perfect time to make his first Major League appearance in over a month.
The Chicago Cubs assigned left-hander Sean Newcomb outright to Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday after he cleared waivers following the club's move last week to designate him for assignment.
In a tweet sent by the Chicago Cubs’ official account, they announced another injury designation. Retroactive to May 8, the team placed somewhat newly acquired LHP Sean Newcomb on the 10-Day Injured List with a left ankle sprain.
The Chicago Cubs have acquired left-handed relief pitcher Sean Newcomb from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez and cash considerations.
A month ago, I wasn’t sure we’d ever see Sean Newcomb in a Braves uniform again. However, injuries to several relievers along with expanded rosters have given him at least one more chance in Atlanta, and so far, he’s making the most of it.
You could easily make the case that, through the first 13 games of the 2021 campaign, no pitcher in the Braves bullpen has been as tough to hit as 27-year-old lefty Sean Newcomb.
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