The Athletics Thabo Sefolosha Jersey have acquired veteran left-hander from the Giants in exchange for minor league outfielder , per the teams at MLB.com. Its a rare post-deadline trade that sees a player going each way (as opposed to the more common cash trades in August) and an even rarer trade between the two Bay Area clubs. Both Newcomb and Brooks were eligible to be traded by virtue of the fact that they have not appeared on a 40-man roster or Major League injured list in 2023. [Related: ] Newcomb, 30, signed a minor league deal with the Giants over the winter and has primarily worked out of the bullpen in their system, pitching to a 3.16 ERA in 31 1/3 innings with Triple-A Sacramento. The command i sues that have long plagued Newcomb persist (15.3% walk rate in Triple-A), but hes fanned an impre sive 30.5% of his opponents and has clearly changed up his repertoire a bit, based on a career-high 59.4% ground-ball rate. The left-hander posted a combined 35.2% grounder rate in 73 2/3 innings from 2020-22 his most recent MLB work. Early in his career, Newcomb looked like a budding mainstay on the Braves roster. Acquired from the Angels in the trade that sent to Anaheim, Newcomb posted a 3.87 ERA and 23% strikeout rate through his first 332 1/3 big league innings splitting his appearances roughly evenly between the rotation (2017-18) and bullpen (2019). The 2020 season was a disaster for the former first-round pick, however, as he was tagged for 17 earned runs in just 13 2/3 innings spread acro s four starts. Newcomb walked 18% of his opponents the following year while pitching 32 1/3 innings out of the bullpen, and he yielded 27 runs in 27 2/3 innings between the Braves and Cubs last year. Overall, Newcomb has a 4.52 ERA in 406 big league innings, but the vast majority of that succe s came upwards of five years ago at this point. He can be a free agent at seasons end if hes not added to the big league roster, so it stands to reason that the As wouldnt have given up a minor league player if he werent going to be selected to the Majors sometime soon. In the event that Newcomb can reestablish himself as a viable big league arm presumably out of the bullpen, given his 23 usage the As would be able to control him through the end of the 2025 season via arbitration. Brooks, 28, is in his first season with Oakland after spending the prior seven season in Clevelands system. The former 17th-round pick signed a minor league deal with the As after reaching minor league free agency, and hes turned in a stout .299/.405/.529 output (125 wRC+) in 412 plate appearances in Triple-A this year. Hes turned in career-best marks in home runs (16) doubles (29) and stolen bases (five) all while walking at a career-high (in a full season) 13.8% mark against just a 14.6% strikeout rate. Defensively, Brooks has rotated between first base (816 innings), left field (1460 innings) and right field (1469 innings) throughout his profe sional career. Hes played all three spots in 2023, though this years usage skews more toward left field. Hell give the Giants a left-handed-hitting corner option at a time when outfield options , , and are all on the injured list. James Harden Jersey