A's Acquire OF Corey Brown from Washington
The Oakland Athletics have acquired outfielder Corey Brown from the Washington Nationals in exchange for cash considerations, the team announced today. The A's 40-man roster is now full at 40 players.
Brown batted .254 with 19 home runs and 56 RBI in 107 games with Triple-A Syracuse in 2013 en route to a September call-up with the Nationals, where he hit .167 with one home run and one RBI in 14 games. Brown was originally selected by the A's as a compensation pick following the first round, the 59th selection overall, in the 2007 draft. He was traded to Washington on December 16, 2010 with right-handed pitcher Henry Rodriguez in exchange for outfielder Josh Willingham.
The complete 2013 statistics for Brown follow:
| BROWN | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | SLG | OBP |
| Syracuse (AAA) | .254 | 107 | 389 | 57 | 99 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 56 | 40 | 132 | 12 | 4 | .473 | .326 |
| WASHINGTON | .167 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 |