Thomas signed a contract with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball on Tuesday.
Thomas saw spot duty with the Athletics the last two seasons, producing a .641 OPS in 29 games. The 28-year-old will now ply his trade overseas for the first time.
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Athletics' Cody Thomas: Outrighted to Triple-A
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Oakland outrighted Thomas to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday, Melissa Lockard of The Athletic reports.
Spenser Watkins and Conner Capel have also been pushed off the 40-man roster as the Athletics prepare to make some September call-ups. Thomas, 28, is a career .250/.308/.333 hitter in 78 plate appearances at the major-league level.
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Athletics' Cody Thomas: Returns to minors
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Thomas was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday.
Thomas spent more than a month with the big club and held his own when out there, but he started only four games for the A's after the calendar flipped to August, so he will head back to the minors and presumably see action more regularly.
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Athletics' Cody Thomas: Keeps up solid hitting Tuesday
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Thomas went 1-for-3 with a double in a loss to the Dodgers on Tuesday, pushing his average to .304 over the last eight games.
Thomas drew his first start since July 25 and posted his fourth career extra-base hit. The 28-year-old, whose professional career dates back to 2016, has been serviceable against big-league arms after finally ascending to the majors for the first time last season. Factoring in Tuesday's two-bagger, he's sporting a .270 average and .324 on-base percentage across 68 MLB plate appearances, although those solid numbers are accompanied by a 33.8 percent strikeout rate and anemic .365 slugging percentage.
