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Former New York Yankees Prospect Ken Waldichuk to Make MLB Debut For Oakland Athletics

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One month after being traded to the Athleticsex-Yankees prospect Ken Waldichuk is set to make his major league debut.

With the calendar flipping to September and rosters expanding, Waldichuk will start for Oakland on Thursday in Washington. The A’s acquired the left-hander, along with Cooper Bowman, Luis Medina and JP Sears, on Aug. 1 in the deal that sent Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino to New York.

Waldichuk is considered the A’s third-best prospect and the 70th-best in baseball, according to MLB.com. He solidified himself as a farmhand with potential in the Yankees’ system after New York drafted the 24-year-old in the fifth round in 2019 out of Saint Mary’s College of California. Waldichuk shot up the Yankees’ minor league ranks and recorded a 1.26 ERA with 14.4 K/9 over 28.2 innings this year at Double-A Somerset before being traded.

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