Reasons the Oakland Athletics’ Defense Will Be the AL West’s Best in 2013

The Oakland Athletics aren't known as a defensively gifted team, but motivation and experience will lead to better play in the field—something they must have to repeat as AL West champions.

Looking at stats, it's head-scratching how this team won the division. It had to be heart and pitching.

The team batting average was third-worst in the league, and they set an American League record for most strikeouts in a season.

Oakland committed the eighth-most errors and, fittingly, had the eighth-worst fielding percentage as well. Yet oddly enough, the team ranked No. 5 in defensive efficiency ratio, Bleacher Report - Oakland Athletics
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