Why Are the Oakland Athletics so Bad This Season?

After the Oakland Athletics traded stars like Josh Donaldson, Jeff Samardzija and Brandon Moss away during the offseason, few expected the team to return to the playoffs in 2015. The results have been even worse than expected, though, as the A's currently own the worst record in the American League at 26-39.

Bad play and bad luck have afflicted the A's equally this year. Oakland's 4-18 record in one-run games suggests some regression toward a winning record, but not every game has been so clos...

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