The Athletics Are Promoting Former LSU Pitcher Gage Jump To Double-A

by Staff Reporter

May 14, 20251 Comments

LSU Sports Photography

The Oakland Athletics have promoted former LSU pitcher Gage Jump to the Midland Rockhounds in AA. Per MLB:

quote:
Jump is being promoted to Double-A Midland, a source confirmed to MLB.com on Monday. The move is well-deserved given the dominant start to his first professional season.

Through six games (five starts) at High-A, Jump went 4-1 and posted a 2.32 ERA with 45 strikeouts and five walks across 31 innings.

The 22-year-old lefty, who was a Competitive Balance Round B pick (73rd overall) by the A’s in the 2024 MLB Draft out of LSU, has made a strong impression in a short amount of time. During his start against West Michigan on May 7, Jump recorded an immaculate inning en route to twirling eight innings of one-run ball with eight strikeouts and no walks.

“The velocity of his fastball and the ability to move that up and down in the zone is tremendous,” Lansing manager Darryl Kennedy said during a pregame show with broadcaster Jesse Goldberg-Strassler over the weekend. “You throw in his breaking pitches, sliders, sweepers, curveballs, they have a lot of depth to them as well. So, you look at it as a hitter, ‘Alright, he’s throwing 95, I’ve got to gear up for that.’ Then he starts breaking off the breaking balls and you can’t lay off them because they’re so late-breaking. It’s definitely a special arm.”