Quote:He was right in the sense the Oakland was considerably worse without Cespedes. See post above yours.

That's an easy narrative to go with, but it isn't true


.264/.316/.446

.260./.301/.450


One is the great Cespedes and the other is Josh Reddick.


There were many other other reasons why Oakland faltered the way they did down the stretch.

<a class="bbc_url" href='http://grantland.com/the-triangle/oakland-athletics-slump-al-west-race-yoenis-cespedes-factor/'>http://grantland.com/the-triangle/oakland-athletics-slump-al-west-race-yoenis-cespedes-factor/</a> explains much better than I could

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