Originally Posted by
BeerAndPoker
A's have to feel like such a failure the way they played the past two months after dominating so hard.
LOL at getting rid of Cespedes when their offense isn't that stellar just to acquire Lester.
Well if Lester had done his job today they would have a shot. I give Beane credit for moving all in. Cespedes was gone after next year no matter what. At least with Lester they got a solid #1 or #2 for games like this or had they won this game they would have him going forward.
While Cespedes has a little pop he gets on base only like 30 % of the time and is very overrated as an outfielder. That said he was also very popular in the clubhouse from what I have heard so maybe it did effect them a bit but to be where they were before their collapse was prob a lot over their heads