by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

SAN JOSE–Right now the Oakland A’s line up doesn’t have a lot of power the A’s are going to keep most of their pitching which still looks pretty good. The A’s have pitcher Sonny Gray and the A’s have some veterans who are still around. The A’s made some good trading for pitching they picked up reliever Tyler Clippard from the Washington Nationals and the A’s could use some more power in that line up.

In the off season they lost Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox (now a Tiger), Josh Donaldson to the Blue Jays, and with Cespedes and Donaldson your talking close to about 200 runs batted in. So they have a lack of power unless General Manager Billy Beane surprises us again the A’s might miss the playoffs unless Beane pulls a rabbit out of the A’s green and gold hat.

James Shields signs with Padres for $45 M for four years: The San Diego Padres are going to be a contender with the pick up of Sheilds on Monday the Padres had rounded off the staff with pitchers Ian Kennedy and Tyson Ross. The Padres rebuilt their line up they had Justin Upton, Wil Myers and Matt Kemp and they have three quality outfielders. The Padres and the White Sox are the two most improved teams in baseball.

The Royals dealt Billy Butler to the A’s and Shields now going to the Padres, Butler is the designated hitter for Oakland he’s healthy he could hit 20 or 25 homeruns. The A’s Coco Crisp and Josh Reddick the A’s need those guys to be healthy and the A’s could use another but in that lineup. Their going to depend on a lot of stolen bases and the hit and run, A’s manager Bob Melvin is an excellent manager he’s always in the running for manager of the year but this is going to be a tougher season for him.

In the A’s division the Angels are better, the Rangers are healthy, and of course the Seattle Mariners the M’s have really shored up their club they got Nelson Cruz. They picked more talent in the off season than anyone else in baseball with superstar second baseman Robinson Cano and that pitching staff headed by Felix Hernandez. Right now I’m looking at the M’s to be the team to beat in the west.

Pete Rose to be consider back in baseball: New MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is considering talking with former Cincinnati Red Pete Rose who is currently banned for life from Major League Baseball. I would consider bringing Rose back into baseball he allegedly gambled on his own team when he was the manager of the Reds and on baseball. Still Rose had over 4100 hits more than anyone else in the game and should be considered for Hall of Fame election. So it’s good news that Manfred is thinking about reinstating Rose back into the game.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish radio voice and does News and Commentary each week on http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to Amaury’s podcast below