Anytime a player potentially hits the market at a position of need, expect the Boston Red Sox to take notice.
That may be the case with Trevor Plouffe. The Oakland A’s are reportedly prepared to designate the veteran third baseman for assignment in order to call up top prospect Matt Chapman, reports the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser.
Oakland will presumably shop Plouffe around hoping to find a team willing to take him off their hands, even if it means swallowing a portion of the remaining $3.13 million on his contract.