Tyler Nevin: Everything you need to know

The Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball signed Nevin on Wednesday, Gaijin Baseball reports. Nevin saw his most extensive action at the big-league level in 2024 with the Athletics, slashing .204/.288/.331 with seven homers over 278 plate appearances. He elected free agency after being removed from the A's 40-man roster in November and will now try his luck overseas.

The Athletics outrighted Nevin to Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. It's not the first time Nevin has been outrighted, so he can elect free agency if he wants. The 27-year-old is a career .204/.299/.315 hitter over parts of four major-league seasons.

Nevin went 1-for-3 with a two-run double in a loss to the Mariners on Sunday. Drawing his second consecutive start, Nevin finally put the Athletics' first two runs of the day on the board with his seventh-inning two-bagger, which plated Seth Brown and Tyler Soderstrom. The veteran finished the season with hits in three straight games, but after a hot start that saw him hit .313 over his first 26 contests, Nevin produced an anemic .148/.247/.253 slash line across 186 plate appearances (62 games) the rest of the way at the big-league level.