Athletics make latest series of Spring Training roster cuts

With Opening Day just over two weeks away, the Athletics roster has been trimmed down by 13 players as Spring Training continues in Arizona.

BY FRANKIE CARTOSCELLI

Mar 11, 2025, 7:52 AM

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With Opening Day just over two weeks away, the Athletics roster is being trimmed down ahead of March 27th’s season-opener in Seattle.

The A’s announced 13 roster cuts on Monday, with several players being reassigned to minor league camp, including first baseman Nick Kurtz, the 2024 fourth-overall pick in the MLB Draft.

Over 20 Spring Training at-bats, Kurtz hit .250 with one home run and four RBI as the 21-year-old got his first taste of big-league action following a limited twelve-game stint in the minors last season.

Here is an updated look at the Athletics roster as the final weeks of Spring Training continue:

(Athletics roster)

Full release from the Athletics on their recent roster cuts

The Athletics optioned right-handed pitchers Ryan Cusick and Gunnar Hoglund, and outfielder Denzel Clarke to Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today.

The A’s also reassigned 10 non-roster invitees to their minor league camp, including right-handed pitchers Jason Alexander, Tanner Dodson, Dylan Floro and Jack Perkins, left-handed pitcher Ben Bowden, catcher Kyle McCann, infielder Nick Kurtz and outfielders Henry Bolte, Carlos Cortes and Colby Thomas.

The A’s now have 43 players in camp, which includes 37 players on the 40-man roster and six non-roster invitees. The breakdown includes 21 pitchers, three catchers, 12 infielders and seven outfielders.

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The Athletics will be wearing a reminder of their eventual home on their jerseys this season.

The A’s will wear a “Las Vegas” patch on their sleeves, thanks to a three-year sponsorship deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The A’s will be playing the next three seasons at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., then are scheduled to move into a new stadium in Las Vegas for the 2028 season.

Unable to secure a stadium deal in Oakland, the A’s left the city it had called home since 1968 after last season.

“We’re going to be partners for a very, very long time, and we really thought that during these three years of interim play in Sacramento that celebrating coming to Vegas was something that was really important,” team owner John Fisher told The Athletic.

The deal will pay the Athletics $2.5 million in 2025, with the amount going up an additional $250,000 in each subsequent year of the agreement, according to Steve Hill, head of the LVCVA, per The Athletic.

The team that makes the most on its sponsorship deal is believed to be the New York Yankees, who earn roughly $25 million a year from their deal with Starr Insurance, according to the report.