A’s place RHP Jiménez on injured list; select RHP Brooks from Las Vegas

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s placed right-handed pitcher Dany Jiménez on the 15-day injured list retroactive to June 20 with a strained left oblique and selected right-handed pitcher Aaron Brooks from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today.

Jiménez is 1-2 with a 3.04 ERA in 23 relief appearances over two stints with the A’s. He was recalled most recently on May 31 and has a 2.00 ERA, .212 opponents batting average, five walks and 10 strikeouts in 9.0 innings since then.

Brooks joins the A’s for the second time this year. He was selected on May 15 and went 0-2 with a 5.82 ERA in four starts before he was designated for assignment on June 2. The 34-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in two starts with Las Vegas after being outrighted on June 4 and is 2-7 with a 4.30 ERA and .749 opponents OPS in 10 games, including nine starts, overall with the Aviators. Brooks has a .300 opponents batting average at Triple-A but has walked just 11 batters in 52.1 innings.