The Oakland Athletics have an "abundance" of first base options, so they are apparently looking to make a trade to get rid of one of them. The name that has been brought up is Brandon Allen, and the Athletics have contacted the Pirate about a possible trade.Allen is a 25 year old left-handed bat that was drafted in the 5th round of the 2004 draft. He had a pretty decent minor league career hitting .268/.355/.489 in 807 games. He was never a top-tier prospect but always looked like a guy that could develop enough power to find a home in the big leagues someday. He hit 29 home runs in 2008 and 20 in 2009 before reaching AAA for good. In two seasons at AAA since 2009, Allen has 36 home runs in 210 games. He slugged .528 in 2010 and .578 last year in AAA.He does have major league experience, and he hasn't done too much with that experience. In 106 big league games (367 plate appearances), he has a .210/.297/.383 line. He has 128 strikeouts and 40 walks, which isn't en...
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