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REPORT: Cleveland Guardians Sign Adam Oller To Minor League Contract

The journeyman pitcher has made stops in the Pirates, Giants, Mets, Athletics, and Mariners organizations, pitching two Major League seasons with Oakland.

Logan Potosky

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The Cleveland Guardians continue to make additions to their organization ahead of this offseason’s winter meetings.

Earlier today, Cleveland announced that it has signed right-handed pitcher Adam Oller to a Minor League contract.

He has also received a non-roster invite to the Guardians’ 2024 spring training.

The 29-year-old made 28 Major League appearances (15 starts) over the last two seasons with the Oakland Athletics.

He went 3-9 with a 7.09 ERA, 51 walks, 59 strikeouts, 1.72 WHIP, and .294 opposing batting average in 94.0 innings pitched. 

This season, Oller made nine appearances (one start) for Oakland, going 1-1 with a 10.07 ERA, 12 walks, 13 strikeouts, 2.08 WHIP, and .341 opposing batting average in 19.2 innings pitched.

Apr 1, 2023; Oakland, California, USA; Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Adam Oller (36) throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Angels during the third inning at RingCentral Coliseum / © Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

He was then claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners on July 12th, but only pitched in Triple-A for them in 2023.

Oller elected free agency one week ago before being signed to a Minor League contract by the Guardians.

He was originally a 20th round pick in the 2016 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Northwestern State University.

After being signed by Pittsburgh in 2016, Oller reached High-A in the Pirates’ player development system before being released following the 2018 season.

He was then signed to a Minor League contract by the San Francisco Giants in May of the following season, and played in Single-A for the rest of the year.

After that, Oller was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets in the 2019 offseason. He had a breakout season in 2021 across Double-A and Triple-A, for which he was named an Organization All-Star.

Oakland then acquired Oller just before the 2022 season in the Chris Bassitt trade.

Now, the right-hander looks to remain in Cleveland’s organization with a solid performance during the Guardians’ upcoming spring training.

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Logan Potosky
LOGAN POTOSKY

Logan Potosky is an aspiring play-by-play sports broadcaster who, to date, has called approximately 350+ hours of professional, college, and high school sporting events. He is currently the Play-by-Play Broadcaster for the Lake County Captains, the High-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. He graduated from John Carroll University in May of 2023 with a degree in Communication, with a concentration in Digital Media, and a minor in Entrepreneurship.

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