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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 8, 2015

A’s Trade RHP Evan Scribner to Seattle for RHP Trey Cochran-Gill

OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s traded right-handed pitcher Evan Scribner to the for minor league right-handed pitcher Trey Cochran-Gill, the club announced today.

Scribner spent the entire season in the majors for the first time in his career last year and was 2-2 with a 4.35 ERA in a career-high 54 relief appearances. He surrendered 14 home runs, which were the most among Major League relievers and third most in Athletics history. The 30-year-old right-hander walked just four batters while striking out a career-high 64 in a career-high 60.0 innings and his to walk ratio of 16.00 was second best in modern Major League history (since 1900) among pitchers with at least 60 innings. Scribner is 5-2 with a 4.21 ERA in 125 career appearances, including 115 games with the A’s over the last four years.

Cochran-Gil pitched for three different teams in the Mariners farm system last year and combined for a 6-5 record, six saves and a 4.18 ERA in 45 games. He allowed a .255 opponents batting average and did not surrender a home run in 75.1 innings. The 22-year-old right-hander spent most of the season at Double-A Jackson where he was 4-3 with a 5.43 ERA in 34 relief appearances, Cochran-Gill was selected by Seattle in the 17th round of the 2014 draft and is 11- 5 with a 2.90 ERA in 70 appearances in two seasons as a professional. He has not allowed a home run in 111.2 innings.

The complete 2015 and career statistics for the players involved in today’s trade follow:

SCRIBNER W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO OAKLAND 2 2 4.35 54 0 0 0 0 60.0 58 31 29 4 64 CAREER 5 2 4.21 125 0 0 0 1 147.2 143 72 6927 134

COCHRAN-GILL W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ERBB SO Bakersfield (A) 2 1 1.37 10 0 0 0 2 19.2 8 3 3 3 18 Tacoma (AAA) 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 0 2 3 Jackson (AA) 4 3 5.43 34 0 0 0 4 53.0 59 38 32 32 30 MINORS 11 5 2.90 701 0 0 18 111.2 92 46 3644 95

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