Report: Athletics working on a trade - MLB

Update 2 (9:21 PM ET): The Athletics are working on multiple trades, per Rosenthal. His source says GM Billy Beane is “re-working the club”.

Update (9:10 PM ET): Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says that the trade the Athletics are working on does not, in fact, involve Samardzija. MLB.com’s Jane Lee adds that the player involved isn’t Brandon Moss, either.

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on Twitter that the Athletics are close to “a fairly significant deal” involving starter Jeff Samardzija. She adds that the Athletics would be getting back several pieces and that the club is targeting hitters.

The Athletics acquired Samardzija and Jason Hammel in a trade with the Cubs in early July, sending prospect Addison Russell as well as Dan Straily and Billy McKinney to the Cubs. Samardzija posted a 3.14 ERA with a 99/12 K/BB ratio over 111 2/3 innings with the A’s. The right-hander is eligible for arbitration for the third and final time, and is projected to earn $9.5 million according to arbitration projections on MLB Trade Rumors.

We’ll keep you updated on the deal as details emerge.

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PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets will have to dig out of an early-season hole without star first baseman Pete Alonso.

The leading home run hitter in the majors will miss three-to-four weeks with a bone bruise and a sprain in his left wrist.

The Mets placed Alonso on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to June 8. Alonso was hit in the wrist by a 96 mph fastball from Charlie Morton in the first inning of a 7-5 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.

Alonso traveled to New York for testing on Thursday. X-rays revealed no broken bones, but the Mets will be missing one of the premier power hitters in the game as they try to work their way back into contention in the NL East.

“We got better news than it could have been,” New York manager Buck Showalter said. “So we take that as a positive. It could have been worse.”

New York had lost six straight heading into a three-game series at Pittsburgh that began Friday. Mark Canha started at first for the Mets in the opener. Mark Vientos could also be an option, though Showalter said the coaching staff may have to use its “imagination” in thinking of ways to get by without Alonso.

“I’m not going to say someone has to step up and all that stuff,” Showalter said. “You’ve just got to be who you are.”

Even with Alonso in the lineup, the Mets have struggled to score consistently. New York is 16th in the majors in runs scored.

The team also said Friday that reliever Edwin Uceta had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Uceta initially went on the IL in April with what the team called a sprained left ankle. He is expected to be out for at least an additional eight weeks.

New York recalled infielder Luis Guillorme and left-handed reliever Zach Muckenhirn from Triple-A Syracuse. The Mets sent catcher Tomás Nido to Triple-A and designated reliever Stephen Nogosek for assignment.

Nogosek is 0-1 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 games this season.