It\u2019s a good thing for the A\u2019s that very little is ordinary about Trevor May, who is much more than just a relief pitcher. He\u2019s a Twitch streamer, a YouTuber, an esports entrepreneur, a DJ and even a part-owner of a Fan Controlled Football League team coached and quarterbacked by Johnny Manziel.<\/p>\n
In the strangest of ways, it\u2019s made him a uniquely perfect fit in Oakland.<\/p>\n
The 100-loss, low-budget A\u2019s and their decrepit home park aren\u2019t really a preferred destination site for MLB free agents. But A\u2019s general manager David Forst didn\u2019t need to do much convincing to sign the 33-year-old New York Mets free agent to a one-year, $7 million contract<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n May, it turns out, has had a strange fascination with the A\u2019s since he was a kid growing up in Seattle with a father who idolized Oakland\u2019s 1970s world championship teams. Having both his family as well as his wife\u2019s on the West Coast and many of their friends here in the Bay Area also helped guide his decision.<\/p>\n But the green and gold was the biggest allure.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always been this affinity for the Oakland A\u2019s organization, from the Moneyball movie to my dad being an A\u2019s fan since he was 18,\u201d May said during a video interview with reporters Monday.<\/p>\n The A\u2019s, in turn, showed their appreciated for the 33-year-old May by making him their highest-paid player for 2023. This despite May playfully compromising his market value in his typical self-deprecating fashion \u2013 he posted a choreographed, 30-second video packed with rapid-fire clips of MLB hitters launching blasts off him during his nine-year career.<\/p>\n Some times you just gotta clown yourself.<\/p>\n Time flies when you\u2019re having fun\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/UGDnpyBxPo<\/a><\/p>\n — Trevor May (Not Parody) (@IamTrevorMay) December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n