OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Drew Rucinski on a one-year contract for the 2023 season with a club option for 2024, the club announced today.  To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, the A’s designated left-handed pitcher Zach Logue for assignment.

Rucinski has spent the last four seasons with the NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Organization and compiled a 53-36 record and a 3.06 ERA in 121 games, all starts.  He made at least 30 starts and pitched 177.1 or more innings in all four seasons and was a 19-game winner in 2020.  The 33-year-old right-hander was 10-12 with a 2.97 ERA in 31 starts last year.  He tied for the KBO lead in games started, ranked second in strikeouts (194) and innings pitched (193.2) and eighth in ERA.

Rucinski last pitched in the majors in 2018 with Miami when he went 4-2 with a 4.33 ERA in 32 relief appearances.  He is 4-4 with a 5.33 ERA and .294 opponents batting average in 41 games over four seasons with the Angels (2014-15), Twins (2017) and Marlins (2018).

Logue was one of four players acquired from Toronto in the Matt Chapman trade prior to the 2022 season and made his Major League debut with the A’s last season.  He was 3-8 with a 6.79 ERA and .918 opponents OPS in 14 games, including 10 starts, over six stints with Oakland and 3-6 with an 8.12 ERA and 1.097 opponents OPS in 17 starts with Triple-A Las Vegas.