The Rockies have claimed 27-year old righty swinging outfielder Andrew Brown off waivers from the Cardinals. Brown played in 11 games in his first taste of the majors this year for the Cardinals, and he was 4 for 22 (.182 avg, .409 OPS) with 1 run scored, 0 homers and 3 RBIs. Brown also played in 107 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 102 of 359 (.284 avg, .883 OPS) with 67 runs scored, 20 homers, 73 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Brown will get to compete for a job on the Rockies’ bench for 2012 in spring training.