Los Angeles Angels Interested In Ben Revere?

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Updated: May 22, 2015

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According to Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com the Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies have opened up exploratory trade talks surrounding outfielder Ben Revere.

#Angels like #Phillies speedster Ben Revere, but are still in “exploratory mode” & “not rushing in any direction” for OF help, sources said.

— Alden Gonzalez (@Alden_Gonzalez) May 19, 2015

Revere, the former first round pick of the Minnesota Twins back in 2007 has spent the last three years with the Phillies. The Angels are looking to add a bat due to their struggling offense.

This season Revere is batting .258 with 12 RBI’s. Revere is making $4.1 million dollars this season and won’t become a free agent until 2017. Below is Revere’s career statistics.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2010	22	MIN	AL	13	30	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	5	.179	.233	.179	.412	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	/879D
2011	23	MIN	AL	117	481	450	56	120	9	5	0	30	34	9	26	41	.267	.310	.309	.619	72	139	7	2	3	0	1	87/9D
2012	24	MIN	AL	124	553	511	70	150	13	6	0	32	40	9	29	54	.294	.333	.342	.675	89	175	8	3	6	4	0	*98/7
2013	25	PHI	NL	88	336	315	37	96	9	3	0	17	22	8	16	36	.305	.338	.352	.691	93	111	10	0	5	0	1	8
2014	26	PHI	NL	151	626	601	71	184	13	7	2	28	49	8	13	49	.306	.325	.361	.686	94	217	11	4	7	1	1	*8
2015	27	PHI	NL	41	169	159	17	41	7	3	0	12	9	3	9	15	.258	.302	.340	.641	78	54	2	1	0	0	0	*7/89
6 Yrs				534	2195	2064	252	596	51	24	2	121	154	38	95	200	.289	.322	.340	.662	85	701	39	10	21	5	3

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com:
Generated 5/21/2015.

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