After the Oakland Athletics traded slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for ace Jon Lester while most ESPN talking heads were lauding the move, I immediately criticized it, as I posted this blog on August 1st - http://thekind-heartedsmartaleck.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-detroits-trade-was-better-than.html. In the writing, I also said that I felt the Detroit Tigers trading Austin Jackson and Drew Smyly for Cy Young award winner David Price would wind up being a better move than Oakland's. On August 1st, the Oakland Athletics had the best record in the Major Leagues at 66-42 (.611). They were a game up on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League West division. The Detroit Tigers, meanwhile, were 59-47 (.557) and four games ahead of Kansas City in the AL Central. Fast-forward two months and Oakland finished 88-74 (.543) and ten games behind the Angels. Detroit finished 90-72 (.556) and a game ahead of Kansas City. The Athletics then lost to the Ro...
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