Oakland A’s: Quick Take on Young Season, Hitting a Concern, Again!

The 2012 Oakland Athletics stand at 3-4 in 2012.  This record is good enough for third place in the four team American League West.

Let's throw out the record for a second; shall we? If the A's do not improve their hitting, they will not be good enough period.

The A's have six players with 20 or more at bats.  Only newcomer Yoenis Cespedes is batting over .230 (.273).  Next is Josh Reddick at .227.  The next four, Jemile Weeks, Coco Crisp, Kurt Suzuki and Cliff Pennington are batting .200 or below.  The stats of these six hitters take all the mystery out of why the A's are hitting .195 as a team, which ran...

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