Austin Pruitt

The Oakland Athletics signed Austin Pruitt to a minor league deal.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt will add relief depth to the Athletics organization. He made four relief appearances this season for the Rangers.

Austin Pruitt was sent to the Arizona Complex League on a rehab assignment.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt has been sidelined since the end of April with a right meniscus injury.

The Texas Rangers transferred Austin Pruitt to the 60-day injured list.

Fantasy Impact

The move was made to make room on the active roster. He will aim to return at some point towards the end of June or in July.

Austin Pruitt did not factor into the decision after allowing zero baserunners while striking out two in five innings of Friday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt, who has been used as a reliever all season, shined as the starting arm for the A's on Friday by opening the game with five perfect innings. With this surprising showing, the right-hander lowered his ERA to 4.24 and his WHIP to 1.03 in 46 2/3 innings this season. It is unknown whether or not Oakland will consider keeping him in the rotation, but he definitely turned in a performance that would warrant that.

Austin Pruitt pitched 2/3 of an inning on Sunday, pitching a clean inning as he picked up the save in the Athletics' 5-3 win over the Mariners.

Fantasy Impact

Pruitt has not normally been used as a closer this season for the Athletics but on Sunday he came in and picked up his first save of the year. The Athletics' reliever has pitched to the tune of an 4.78 ERA with a WHIP of 1.17. The 32-year-old should be avoided in fantasy as he carries no fantasy relevance for the time being.