Yoenis Cespedes

The Oakland Athletics have placed outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 15-day disabled list, according to the team's official Twitter feed. They called up Michael Taylor to replace him on the 25-man roster.

The Oakland A's had a busy winter stocking up on talent in order to defend their AL West title.

Say what you will, but Billy Beane is not averse to making decisive moves.

Coco Crisp boosted the Oakland A's early on, giving them a lead four pitches into the game. Then, the A's couldn't do anything right on offense.

Josh Willingham hit 29 home runs for the Oakland A's in 2011. Tuesday night he hit a walk-off home run for the Minnesota Twins that defeated the A's.

It was a pitchers duel for most of the night but in the seventh inning, the Oakland A's looked like they might pull off the victory after they broke through for a run and followed it up in the eighth inning with another run.

The Oakland A's are one of the teams that are thankful for the extra wild-card spot in the playoffs.

Although they are still long-shots to make the playoffs, a winning start has boosted fans' spirits as the season unfolds.

Last season they began the season very similar to this year, by hovering around .500. Their downfall began after they were 27-27.

In the following 14 games they lost all but one, including 10 in a row at one point. The season was all but lost after that run.