Athletics' Francisco Perez: Contract selected by Athletics

Perez's contract was selected by Oakland on Saturday.

The left-handed reliever has 15.1 innings of major-league experience, appearing briefly for Cleveland and Washington. He's spent all of this year in the minors, where he owns a 4.86 ERA at the Triple-A level while walking 13.4 percent of opposing batters. Sam Long was optioned in a corresponding move.