If you are a baseball junkie and figured out which time zone the A’s are actually calling home, you might have noticed that Miguel Andujar socked a pair of homers in his most recent game in their uniform.
As it turns out, that’ll be the last time he dons an A’s uniform for the 2025 season. Right before Thursday’s trade deadline, he was dealt to the Cincinnati Reds, according to multiple sources including Ari Alexander of KPRC Houston.
Source: The #Athletics are trading Miguel Andujar to the #Reds
— Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) July 31, 2025
Andujar,
a former top prospect with the New York Yankees, is now headed to his fourth franchise since the start of the 2022 season. Never considered a strong defender when he was a 3B only, he’s now been bouncing around the infield and outfield corners while being used as a DH, and he’s a bat that has specialized (of late) in mashing LHP (in a terribly small sample size).
Does he really hit the ball hard? No.
Miguel Andujar | Santiago Espinal | Jeimer Candelario pic.twitter.com/SDLHOzP3Cf
— Reds in Four (@RedsInFour) July 31, 2025
Does he play defense at all, anywhere, despite Nick Krall putting emphasis on defensive importance for the Ke’Bryan Hayes acquisition yesterday? No.
Has been the beneficiary of a lot of BABIP luck lately? Yeah.
Is he expensive? NOPE!
Andujar is owed just the remaineder of his $3 million salary for 2025, and he’ll be a free agent at season’s end. In essence, the Reds just chose to upgrade the 26th man on their roster from Connor Joe to Miguel Andujar, and that’s what they felt was the most important thing to do with their remaining time before the deadline.
We’re still waiting on news of what’s heading to the A’s, but it surely won’t be much.
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