"It's been a tumultuous first half," says Oakland Athletics’ manager Bob Melvin
The Oakland Athletics’ skipper Bob Melvin is pleased over his team’s tremendous effort in the first half of the season but at the same time also worried over the inconsistent performance by some of his team’s some senior members.
He has expressed his anxiousness over some late performances of Athletics’ entire roster.
Not only batters, the A’s starting rotation has performed with big energy, but they could not keep up the winning percentage. Currently with .500 winning percentage, the A’s have showed their true fighting spirit achieving this somewhat steady winning percentage while their manager still demands some high win-loss record when they will enter into second half of the season.
According to team manager Bob Melvin, who is a big optimist, certainly feels dissatisfied for his team’s overall performance in the first half of the season.
“It's been a tumultuous first half," said A's manager Bob Melvin with confidence and stated his team’s performance as confused.
"There's a lot of really good stories on this team, There's good personalities. I think it's kind of one of those fun teams to root for. But you need winning to dictate that." Later said pitcher Brandon McCarthy.
An experts on Athletics, who is also a long-time observer stated in the media for their late performances in the 2012 season, “No more endless parade of guys watching strike three, You see guys swing at the first pitch, or on 3-0. Sometimes that's the best pitch you're going to see."
Some experts also believe that the Athletics, who have made some good changes in their roster in this season, are now certainly taking benefit from them.
Cuban talent Yoenis Cespedes has given the A’s upfront offence some great stability. His own performance has also been quite consistent. He is currently hitting with an average of .263 along with nine homers, 36 RBIs and .326 OBP.
This is his first season in the Major League Baseball as he already started showing his great skills, which according to some experts will soon take his game to another level.
In the meanwhile, the A’s late overall performance has given them the third position in the American League West Division with a decent winning percentage. This suggests that they must continue their hard work towards post season qualification after the mid season break as well.
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