OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s placed infielder Abraham Toro on the injured list with a strained right hamstring and selected infielder Armando Alvarez from Triple-A Las Vegas, the club announced today.

Toro was on the A’s Opening Day roster and is hitting .260 with six home runs, 24 RBI and a .689 OPS in 73 games. He batted .315 with an .803 OPS in 28 games in May but was hitting just .169 with a .452 OPS in 17 games in June.

Alvarez signed a minor league contract with the A’s following the 2023 season and is hitting .311 with eight home runs, 33 RBI and a .929 OPS in 47 games with Triple-A Las Vegas. He was originally a 17th round draft pick of the Yankees in 2016 and played six seasons in the Yankees farm system before spending 2023 in the minors in the Giants organization. The 29-year-old right-handed hitter will be making his Major League debut after batting .270 with 83 home runs, 391 RBI and a .765 OPS in 700 games in eight seasons in the minors.