OAKLAND, Calif. — Two days after being designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics, outfielder Dustin Fowler was traded Wednesday to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash.

He had been part of the club’s 60-player pool last season but stayed at the alternate site and didn’t play.

Fowler had been considered a possible center fielder of the future for the A’s when Oakland acquired him from the Yankees at the 2017 trade deadline in a deal that sent right-hander Sonny Gray to New York.

Fowler batted .224 with six home runs and 23 RBIs in 69 games with the A’s in 2018. The A’s needed roster room for new closer Trevor Rosenthal.