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Padres take flier on Brandon Allen

by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com

(4/9/2013) The Padres signed first baseman Brandon Allen to a minor-league contract Tuesday, according to MLB.com. Allen was released by the Rangers April 1.

Allen's major-league slash line in 116 games is .203/.290/.375/.665.

Rangers part ways with Brandon Allen

by Bill Passonno | CBSSports.com

(3/31/2013) After failing to secure a spot on the opening day roster, first baseman Brandon Allen was released by the Rangers on Sunday. Allen, who joined Texas on a minor-league deal in the offseason, was one of the team's first roster cuts this spring after hitting just .194 in Cactus League play.

Mike Olt among Rangers' trims

by Bill Passonno | CBSSports.com

(3/19/2013) The Rangers made another wave of roster cuts Tuesday, optioning pitchers Jeff Beliveau and Wilmer Font, outfielder Engel Beltre and first baseman Mike Olt to Triple-A Round Rock. Texas also moved first basemen Brandon Allen and Brandon Snyder, catchers Jose Felix and Juan Apodaca, pitchers Collin Balester, Neal Cotts, Evan Meek and Yoshinori Tateyama to its minor-league camp.

Olt is viewed as one of the club's top prospects, but struggled during his spring audition and hit just .194 in Cactus League play. The 24-year-old did manage two homers and should rise to the Rangers later in the year.

Allen headed to Japan

(7/27/2012) The Rays sold the rights to Brandon Allen to the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Central League on Friday. Allen batted .100 with one homer and three RBI in 10 games for Tampa Bay this season.