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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Oakland Athletics Sunday claimed Rays' shortstop&amp;nbsp;Yunel&amp;nbsp;Escobar on waivers according to Fox Sports' baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal.&amp;nbsp;\u200B&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sources: #Athletics win claim to #Rays SS Yunel Escobar on revocable waivers. Teams have until 1 p.m. Tuesday to work out a trade.\r\n\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 24, 2014\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Rays placed Escobar on revocable waivers, meaning Tampa Bay can either reclaim Escobar or work out a trade with the Athletics that sends Escobar to Oakland. If Tampa Bay chooses the second option, Rosenthal reports, it must complete the deal by 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Escobar is hitting .249 over 111 games this season with four home runs and 31 runs batted in, and battled right shoulder problems in June and July. The 32-year-old shortstop is owed $13 million across 2015 and 2016.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oakland shortstop Jed Lowrie is on the 15-day disabled list with a hairline fracture in his right finger, and the team recently traded away super-prospect shortstop Addison Russell in a deal that landed them Cubs' pitcher Jeff Samardzija.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CORCORAN:&amp;nbsp;Cubs send Samardzija, Hammel to A's for prospect Addison Russell, others&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Will Green&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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