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Rays Sell Allen To Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | July 27, 2012 at 4:41pm CDT

The Rays have sold the rights of Brandon Allen to a Japanese team, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (on Twitter). They've sold his rights to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Tribune reports (on Twitter).

Allen, 26, appeared in seven games for the Rays after Tampa Bay claimed him off of waivers from the Athletics. The Rays removed Allen from their roster in June and assigned him to Triple-A, a level at which he has a .283/.390/.543 batting line in parts of four seasons.

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  1. Retnan

    11 years ago

    They can do that?

    Reply
    • Karkat

      11 years ago

      I *think* the player has a chance to just be like “nope” and get out of the contract?

      Reply
      • Bobby Sweet

        11 years ago

        Last I knew, yes, the player usually tells management that they’re interested in going to Japan, and they gauge interest.

        Reply
  2. swing1

    11 years ago

    I guess you could say Allen has taken his talents out of south beach

    Reply
    • mmiller54

      11 years ago

      And to SoftBank.

      Reply
    • Rich

      11 years ago

      Tampa Bay is no where close to south beach…

      Reply
  3. AaronAngst

    11 years ago

    … I wonder what the price tag was? I would’ve liked to have acquired him for my slow pitch softball team. Bet he would’ve mashed.

    Reply
  4. Superbrain786

    11 years ago

    That’s messed up!

    Reply
  5. tommyboy

    11 years ago

    Wasn’t this a prank pulled by the Phillies a few years ago?

    Reply
  6. Commander_Nate

    11 years ago

    Dipoto, stop whatever you’re doing and sell Wells and Santana to Nippon Ham. All that money the Rangers gave them for Darvish could bail us out.

    Reply
  7. Jeff McCoy

    11 years ago

    Allen: “All right, what are my choices?”
    Maddon: “Well, they aren’t exactly choices Brandon. We only had one taker so we took.”
    Allen: “Not Cleveland. Say it’s not Cleveland!”
    Maddon: “…Not Cleveland.”

    Reply
  8. Karkat

    11 years ago

    I keep seeing “Ray Allen” in this headline and it’s giving me anger.

    Reply
  9. GoRav114

    11 years ago

    I don’t understand, a 26 year old hitting .283 in AAA is not good enough?

    Reply
  10. Josh Conn

    11 years ago

    So, does he count as an export when they figure out international trade statistics?

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