Cliff Pennington has been called up to be the A’s new third baseman, replacing the severly slumping Jack Hannahan at 3B. Pennington doesn’t have much power–he profiles more as a shortstop offensively–but anything would be better than Hannahan at this point.

Hannahan was hitting .222/.307/.333 for the year, but only .136/.191/.159 over the last two weeks. Pennington was hitting .297/.426/.386 in 236 at-bats in Sacramento.

Lenny DiNardo was sent back to AAA to make room on the 25-man roster, and Brooks Conrad was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Pennington.