The Red Sox have traded their homegrown ace and impending free agent Jon Lester to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes according to WEEI's Alex Speier. Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan first reported that a
The Oakland Athletics startled the baseball world when they signed Yoenis Cespedes, a slugging outfielder from Cuba, before the 2012 season. They made an even bigger splash when they traded him Thursday. Acting boldly to give themselves the best
ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 10: Left fielder Yoenis Cespedes #52 of the Oakland Athletics chases down a flyball off the bat of Mike Trout (not pictured) of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for an out in the first inning to at Angel
The day of the MLB trade deadline opened with a blockbuster, as the Red Sox sent ace lefty to Oakland in exchange for All-Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
Type “Yoenis Cespedes” into Youtube, and the search bar can't fill in the word “throw” fast enough. The first throw that comes up for the new Red Sox outfielder is the unbelievable one he made from left field to nail Howie Kendrick at the plate on June 11.
Yoenis Cespedes trade is a punch in the stomach for A's fans
