{"id":79195,"date":"2026-06-09T23:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/athletics-bring-back-pitcher-joey-estes-send-down-rookie-morris\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:22:33","slug":"athletics-bring-back-pitcher-joey-estes-send-down-rookie-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/athletics-bring-back-pitcher-joey-estes-send-down-rookie-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Bring Back Pitcher Joey Estes, Send Down Rookie Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Athletics have shuffled their pitching rotation, bringing Joey Estes back from their Las Vegas minor league team while sending Kade Morris down to the Triple-A club.<\/p>

The 24-year-old Estes posted a 2-6 record with a 5.95 ERA during 12 starts for Las Vegas this season. He recorded 39 strikeouts and issued 38 walks across 59 innings of work.<\/p>

During the previous season, Estes appeared in three games for the Athletics – two starts early in the year and one relief outing mid-season – compiling an 0-2 record with a 9.82 ERA.<\/p>

Throughout his major league career spanning parts of three seasons with the Athletics, Estes holds a 7-12 record and 5.51 ERA. He has recorded 105 strikeouts while walking 35 batters in 148 2\/3 innings.<\/p>

Meanwhile, Morris, a 23-year-old rookie, struggled badly against the Astros on Saturday during his first major league appearance. The young pitcher surrendered nine runs on nine hits over four-plus innings, including three home runs. Morris managed four strikeouts and three walks in the loss as the Athletics were defeated 13-3 in Houston. He has not taken the mound since that outing.<\/p>

These roster adjustments involving the Las Vegas affiliate occur while the Athletics are currently playing a series against the Milwaukee Brewers at the minor league facility in Sin City. The Athletics are constructing a new stadium in Las Vegas and intend to relocate there from their current temporary base in West Sacramento, California, by 2028.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Athletics have made roster changes to their pitching staff, bringing Joey Estes back from their Las Vegas minor league team while sending rookie Kade Morris down to Triple-A. The move comes after Morris struggled in his major league debut against Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781061753696.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-kBl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92379,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/athletics-return-shortstop-jacob-wilson-to-roster-after-thumb-injury\/","url_meta":{"origin":79195,"position":0},"title":"Athletics Return Shortstop Jacob Wilson to Roster After Thumb Injury","author":"Admin","date":"July 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Athletics have activated shortstop Jacob Wilson from the injured list, bringing back the young star who has been sidelined since late June with right thumb inflammation. 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