Oakland A’s: Are Offensive Upgrades Enough To Give Them the AL West This Season?

The issues surrounding the Oakland A's aren't difficult to figure out. Overall, they're probably the easiest team to analyze. Why didn't the A's win the AL West last season? Simple: They had no offense.

A team that ranks in the top five in most pitching statistics, but the bottom half in most offensive statistics, has some obvious issues to address, which is exactly what general manager Billy Beane spent the offseason doing.

The A's will return for the 2011 season with one of the best, youngest and most underrated starting rotations in baseball. The average age of the A's starting rotation this season will be 25 years old.

Led by ace Trevor Cahill, 22, the A's led all of baseball in qual...

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