Info on the Oakland A's

Matt Chapman joins A's for BP, Josh Reddick's itinerary, A. J. Griffin on Tony Gwynn etc .

Submitted to Monday, June 16 at few: 35pm

Third baseman Matt Chapman suited up, fielded some grounders and took some hacks inside cage.

It was the first official burden of the A's first-round draft decide, whose $1. 75 million placing your john hancock was announced today.

Here's what Chapman said of Oakland's third baseman, Josh Donaldson: "I watch significant amounts of baseball highlights. He seems to be many it all the time. "

Here's specifically what Donaldson said of Chapman: "He's got a cannon. I don't wish to take groundballs with him and have the dog show me up. He throws 99 (mph). I don't throw 99. "

Chapman will fly to Arizona using Tuesday to work out at the A's spring training facility and eventually report to Fashion A Beloit of the Midwest Domestic league.

Teams don't generally make occupation changes in the low minors based on needs to have at the major-league level and will keep Chapman at third right at this moment. He said he told finally the A's he's open to playing while in the infield.

White spikes, an A's tradition, are nothing new for Chapman, who wore them at Un Toro High School in Lake Woods, where Rockies Gold Glove subsequent baseman Nolan Arenado also experienced.

"They're normal, I guess, " told Chapman, who signed for $1. 75 million and was in conjunction with his parents, Jim and Ayah, and sister Haley.

Josh Reddick (hyperextended knee) will begin a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Sacramento using Wednesday and follow a two-day-on, one-day-off schedule. He could rejoin the A's next Tuesday in New York.

A major. J. Griffin tweeted: "It might be privilege to have grown up watching Coach Gwynn play. He was baseball to generation growing up in SD. You'll forever remembered. "

Griffin met Gwynn at age 9 and, at UNITED STATES DOLLAR, pitched against Gwynn's San Diego Suggest team. He said of Gwynn, who died today, "He would San Diego like Rickey Henderson typically here, except Tony played furthermore there the whole time. "

Transactions: Alberto Callaspo, back from paternity pass on, changed numbers. He wears siete instead of 18.... Andy Parrino was just returned to Sacramento... The A's reinstated Jake Elmore from the impaired list and optioned him on Sacramento.

A's lineup: CF Burning, DH Jaso, LF Superman case, 1B Moss, 3B Donaldson, SS Lowrie, C Norris, RF Vogt, 2B Callaspo. LH Pomeranz on incline.

Rangers' lineup: CF Robertson, SS Andrus, DH Choo, 3B Beltre, RF Rios, 1B Murphy, C Chirinos, LF Choice, 2B Odor. RH Lewis on hill.

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