Hence was a consensus top-100 prospect as recently as 2025. Now available, the 23-year-old right-hander represents the kind of calculated bet the A's have made work before — and need to make again ...
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Framber Valdez (5-7, 4.53 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 92 strikeouts); Athletics: Jack Perkins (2-6, 6.45 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 80 strikeouts) ...