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Oakland's Brandon Moss (center) underwent right hip surgery in October following last season.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The one and only thing left to do is the trade itself. Everything else has been done except the waiting.

If the Indians do acquire Brandon Moss from the A's, it's going to be a one-for-one trade. The Indians will be parting with a player not on their 40-man roster for Moss, who has hit 76 of his 91 career homers in the last three years for the A's.

Second baseman Joe Wendle could be the player headed to Oakland. He is one of the several young players the A's have asked about. Wendle missed much of last season with a broken hamate bone in his right hand.

The A's are in need of a big-league shortstop because Jed Lowrie filed for free agency. It does not appear they'll get one from the Indians, who ended last season with Jose Ramirez, 22, as their starting shortstop, Francisco Lindor, 21, right behind him at Class AAA Columbus and Erik Gonzalez, 23, right behind him at Class AA Akron.

Ramirez and Gonzalez are on the 40-man roster. Lindor isn't, but the Indians consider him their top prospect and all but untouchable.

The Indians are looking for more run production. Last season they didn't receive what was expected from several players including

Jason Kipnis, Ryan Raburn, Michael Bourn and David Murphy.

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They ranked seventh in the AL in runs scored. After the All-Star break, they hit .249 as a team and averaged just 3.7 runs per game. They managed to go 38-30 because the pitching staff posted a 3.03 ERA.

Moss hit .234 last season with 25 homers and 66 RBI. He's a left-handed hitter, which brings frustrated sighs of from some Indians fans because they think GM Chris Antonetti has gone left-handed crazy regarding the lineup. Progressive Field, however, favors the left-handed power hitter.

Last season, according to The Bill James Handbook, Indians right-handed hitters hit only 19 of the team's 72 homers at home. The Indians and the opposing right-handers hit just 57 of the 144 total homers hit at Progressive Field last season.

Over the last three years, lefties have out-homered righties at Progressive Field, 279-179.

Moss has hit only two homers at Progressive Field.

It's unclear if Moss, 31, will be ready for spring training. He underwent surgery on his right hip in October after struggling following an All-Star first half.

The addition of Moss would make for a crowded outfield/first base/DH situation. It means Antonetti might have to make an additional trade to make sure Moss would get regular playing time.