The Athletics announced a huge batch of roster moves today. They selected the contracts of catcher and infielder Bruce Brown Jr. Jersey . They also recalled left-hander , infielder and outfielder . Infielder was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, opening one spot. They opened three more by optioning right-hander , catcher and outfielder to Triple-A Las Vegas. They opened a fifth active roster spot by designating infielder/outfielder for a signment. That also opened one 40-man spot for MacIver/Davidson. A second was opened by transferring infielder to the 60-day IL. The Clarke, Urshela and Davidson moves had been . Jeff Pa san of ESPN reported the Clarke promotion last night and hinted that more moves could be coming, with the As looking to shake things up and snap a nine-game losing streak. That has certainly come to pa s. Brown, 32, has been a productive player for the As before but has fallen off. He hit 45 home runs between the 2021 and 2022 campaigns, slashing .224/.294/.457 for a 111 wRC+. However, he has a line of .224/.286/.385 and a wRC+ of 90 since then. That includes a .192/.311/.288 line and 79 wRC+ this year. He was outrighted off the roster last summer but earned his way back to the big leagues. He played well enough in the second half that the As tendered him an arbitration contract for 2025 and the two sides avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $2.7MM salary. Perhaps not coincidentally, Brown is not quite in a position to both elect free agency and keep that money coming to him. Players with at least three years of big league service have the right to reject an outright a signment and elect free agency, but players with le s than five years have to forfeit their remaining salary in order to do so. Brown came into this year with four years and 96 days of service time, putting him 76 days shy of the five-year mark. 57 days have pa sed in the 2025 season so far. Based on his performance, he probably wont get claimed off waivers. More likely, he will clear and accept an outright a signment, allowing the As to keep him around as non-roster depth. Bleday, 27, seemed to be having a breakout last year. The former top prospect hit 20 home runs and slashed .243/.324/.437 on the year for a 120 wRC+. Defensively, he was miscast as a center fielder but the offensive performance was certainly encouraging. Unfortunately, he is slashing .204/.291/.365 for an 86 wRC+ so far this year. Its po sible theres some luck in there. His batting average on balls in play was .279 last year but is down to .231 here in 2025. His barrel rate is down but his average exit velocity and hard hit rate are actually higher than last year. His strikeout rate has ticked up a bit but hes also been walking more. Regardle s, the As are seemingly going to try Clarke in center for a while. Bleday can try to get into a groove in the Pacific Coast League and perhaps return to the big leagues after a bit of a refresher. He came into this season with his service count at 2.055. If he stays down the rest of the year, he wont get to the three-year mark in 2025, delaying his path to free agency. But if hes recalled in the not-too-distant future, hell still have a shot to get there. Amid the rest of the shuffle, MacIver gets called to the big leagues for the first time. The As have as their primary catcher but Pereda has been backing him up lately. With todays swap, it seems MacIver will get a shot at holding that backup job. The 28-year-old MacIver was drafted by the Rockies way back in 2018, in the ninth round, and has been grinding in the minors since then. He reached free agency after 2024 and signed a minor league deal with the As coming into 2025. He has put up a monster .389/.469/.548 line in 147 Triple-A plate appearances this year. His .480 BABIP is surely not sustainable but his 12.2% walk rate and 18.4% strikeout rate are both good figures. As for Gelof, he began the season on the 10-day IL due to hamate surgery. He started a rehab a signment at the end of April but that lasted just three games before he was pulled off due to a stre s reaction in his ribs. He hasnt started a new rehab a signment yet. His 60-day count is retroactive to his initial IL placement, so is technically eligible for reinstatement a few days from now. However, that doesnt seem likely, as hell surely need a few weeks of minor league games at some point to get into game shape. Photo courtesy of Jayne Kamin-Oncea, Imagn Images D'Angelo Russell Jersey