Yoenis Cespedes News

A's Manager Bob Melvin had hoped to get Yoenis Cespedes back in left field for Tuesday's game against the Rangers, but for the fifth consecutive game Cespedes served as the designated hitter for Oakland.

The Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers will continue their four-game American League West series Tuesday night at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first pitch scheduled for 8:05 p.m. ET Oakland has dropped three of its last four games, including a 8-7 setback to Texas as +105 road underdogs Monday, while going OVER the betting total for ... (more)

The Oakland Athletics live in a dump. They know it. The city of Oakland knows it.

Nelson Cruz homered twice, A.J. Pierzynski drove in three runs and the Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with an 8-7 win Monday night over the AL West-leading A's.

Oakland Top 4th - Josh Reddick grounded out to second. Runners on second and third with one out and Eric Sogard due up.

Major League Baseball's 2012 rookie class was easily the best in recent memory, as well as one of the best in the history of the sport.

According to a report from Baseball America's international signings guru, Ben Badler, the Rangers have landed a Cespedes.

As amazing as the 2012 season was, the excitement that surrounded that final home stand when the A's finally took over the division lead from the Rangers on the final game of the season , their 2013 path towards a postseason appearance is shaping out to be more of a statement season than the surprising Cinderella tale.

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics are playing extremely well -- they've won 22 of their past 29 games - but their building isn't in the best of shape.

Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Somewhat quietly, the Mariners have to have one of the best 1-2 punches atop their starting rotation in the American League, if not all of baseball.

The A's were hoping Brett Anderson's latest bone scans would show he'll be back pitching soon, not later.

Billy McKinney started his professional career Friday afternoon, standing in the left-handed batters box and took batting practice from A's manager Bob Melvin.

I'll have more info once the clubhouse is open and after we talk to Bob Melvin at about 5, but Yoenis Cespedes is back in the lineup, Josh Donaldson is out and so is Coco Crisp .

So that's where Cespedes was when I sat down to watch a week of him. That was in the past.

From Dave Stewart, Bob Welch, Mark McGwire, Rickey Henderson and Terry Steinbach to Josh Donaldson, Yoenis Cespedes, Brandon Moss and Dan Straily? Nate Freiman and Eric Sogard? Winners of 21 of their past 26 games and sole proprietors of first place in the AL West, the Athletics are off to their best 68-game start since 1990.

Coming off a marathon victory, the A's look to extend their home winning streak to 12 games Friday night against the Seattle Mariners .

Steve Kroner subbing for Susan Slusser as the A's go for the sweep of the Yankees at the Coliseum: Outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Coco Crisp remain out of the A's lineup.

The magical season of 2013 rolls on, picking up steam as the A's stay hot, hot, hot with just another win tonight, beating the Yankees, winning the series, and grabbing first place all for themselves following a Rangers' loss.

A's manager Bob Melvin is fond of calling Coco Crisp the team's "energizer" atop the lineup and Yoenis Cespedes a confidence-breeding influence in the middle.