They're trending downwards at the wrong time of the season.
In what has been a surprising season to say the least, Oakland sits 5.5 games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the American League West and just a half game out of Wild Card contention.
Of course, yesterday they owned one of those Wild Card playoff berths.
So it goes in Major League Baseball.
Over the last 30 days, rookie Yoenis Cespedes has been the only player on the team to have been performing at an impressive level.
In his last 23 games and 85 at-bats, Cespedes is batting .412 with five home runs and 19 RBI.
Josh Reddick, the man who started the season on fire for the A's has cooled off significantly.
Before the All-Star break, Reddick owned a .268/.348/.532/.880 batting line with 20 home runs, 43 RBI, and 15 doubles ...
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