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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2017
A’s Trade 1B Yonder Alonso to Seattle for OF Boog Powell
OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A’s traded first baseman Yonder Alonso to the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Boog Powell, the club announced today.
Alonso is batting .266 with a career-high 22 home runs in 100 games after hitting 39 home runs in 664 games over his first seven seasons. He ranks 10th in the American League in OPS (.896) and has the most home runs by an A’s first baseman since Jason Giambi in 2001. The 30-year-old left-handed hitter was named to his first All-Star team this year. Alonso is batting .213 over his last 47 games after hitting .314 over his first 53 contests.
Powell made his Major League debut with Seattle this year and hit .194 with two RBI in 23 games over three stints with the Mariners. He is batting .340 with six home runs, 33 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 58 games with Triple-A Tacoma. The 24-year-old left-handed hitter played eight games in left field and one in right field with Seattle and has appeared in 25 games in right field, 24 in center field and nine in left field with Tacoma. Powell was originally selected by the A’s in 20th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. He was traded to Tampa Bay Jan. 10, 2015 as part of the Ben Zobrist deal and dealt to the Mariners following the 2015 season. Powell is a .306 hitter with a .391 on-base percentage in 416 games over six seasons in the minors.
The complete 2017 and career statistics for the players involved in today’s trade follow:
ALONSO AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP OAKLAND .266 100 319 52 85 17 0 22 49 50 88 1 0 .527 .369 CAREER .268 764 2422 273 650 144 2 61 288 258 425 21 7 .405 .339
POWELL AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Tacoma (AAA) .340 58 206 46 70 9 2 6 33 28 27 11 5 .490 .416 SEATTLE .194 23 36 6 7 0 0 0 2 6 9 0 0 .194 .310 MINOR CAREER .306 416 1536 255 470 52 21 15 155 213 244 74 48 .396 .391
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