Cliff Pennington News

The 2012 season hadn't even ended before the Oakland Athletics made their first deal of their offseason.

Time for another series against the A's, and I've got Alan Torres from Athletics Nation to answer some questions for this preview.

Chris Young is a good baseball player. He was worth about 14 Wins Above Replacement in his six seasons in Arizona, he was an All-Star in 2010, and he's surpassed 20 homers four times in his career while playing a mean center field.

Today is the day when MLB General Managers earn a good portion of their keep. The day when the foundation of a strong farm system can be built that will lead their team to long term success at the MLB level.

If you've never seen Yoenis Cespedes play, just know this: he hits baseballs very hard and very far; his 23 homers and 82 RBI in 2012 don't begin to tell the story of his talent.

Cliff Pennington's walk-off single down the right-field line sent the Rangers to their first three-game losing streak of the season as Texas fell, 5-4, to the D-backs. The defeat spoiled a stellar Yu Darvish start in which he struck out 14 batters over 7 2/3 innings.

Talking former Astro Jed Lowrie, Athletics outfielder Coco Crips, Astros secondbasemen Jose Altuve and the Athletics weakness with Alan Torres of Althetics Nation.