A's to place OF Stephen Piscotty on 10-day IL

The Oakland Athletics will be placing outfielder Stephen Piscotty on the 10-day injured list due to a Grade 1 calf strain, manager Mark Kotsay told reporters, including MLB.com’s Martin Gallegos. 

Piscotty suffered the injury while running the bases in Friday’s game and had to be removed in the second inning.

Due to an earlier stint on the COVID-19 list, Piscotty has played in only 14 games this season, hitting .225/.340/.325 over his 47 plate appearances. Piscotty is one of the few batters with above-average offensive production for the struggling A’s, though the outfielder has not produced much at the plate over the previous three seasons.  Injuries have hampered Piscotty in that time and he will now make another trip to the IL.

The A’s will have a ready-made replacement for Piscotty in the outfield, as Ramon Laureano is eligible to be reinstated to the active roster tomorrow. Laureano was issued an 80-game PED suspension last August, so he missed the remainder of the 2021 season and the first 27 games of this season.