Oakland has agreed to terms on a contract with free agent IF Brandon Inge. Minnesota, Baltimore, and Arizona had also shown interest in the 34-year-old who was released by Detroit on Thursday after spending his entire 12-year career there. Inge is expected to split time at third base with the A's with IF Eric Sogard, IF Josh Donaldson, and IF Luke Hughes after losing 3B Scott Sizemore with torn left knee ligaments in Spring Training.
Inge lost his starting job in Detroit after they signed 1B Prince Fielder and a domino effect resulted in Miguel Cabrera being moved back to third base, and he was competing for playing time at second base but was slowed down by injuries and bad offense, batting .197 in 2011 and only .100 with six strikeouts and two extra base hits this season. Oakland is responsible for the pro-rated league minimum for him as the Tigers are on the hook for the rest of his $5.5 million salary.
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