31-year old lefty swinging outfielder David DeJesus seemed like the perfect “Moneyball” player because of his career on base % coming into this year which was .360. But, DeJesus turned in by far the worst year of his major league career in 2011. He has played in 130 games for the A’s so far this year and he was 104 for 438 (.237 avg, .696 OPS) with 59 runs scored, 10 homers, 46 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. DeJesus has now played in 1,006 games in his first 9 years in the majors and he is 1,075 of 3,793 (.283 avg, .776 OPS) with 560 runs scored, 71 homers, 436 RBIs and 51 stolen bases. I don’t see any way that the A’s make an effort to re-sign DeJesus over the winter.

The A’s were expecting that 31-year old lefty swinging outfielder David DeJesus would hit around his career averages in 2011 when they signed him over the winter. He came into this season having played in 876 games in his first 8 years in the majors and he was 971 for 3,355 (.289 avg, .787 OPS) with 501 runs scored, 61 homers, 390 RBIs and 47 stolen bases. But, so far this year, DeJesus has played in 107 games in which he is 83 for 360 (.231 avg, .684 OPS) with 46 runs scored, 8 homers, 35 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The A’s need DeJesus to finish this season strongly. They might also try to deal him in the next couple of weeks, but they need him to get hot so they can get something for him.

27-year old righty swinging catcher Kurt Suzuki signed a 3-year, $15.65 million dollar deal with the A’s over the winter and he looks like he’s counting his money instead of putting his work in. He has played in 101 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 81 for 356 (.228 avg, .656 OPS) with 36 runs scored, 10 homers, 31 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. He has now played in 595 games in his first five years with the A’s and he is 558 for 2,164 (.258 avg, .702 OPS) with 246 runs scored, 52 homers, 271 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. The A’s are stuck with Suzuki for a while due to the contract they gave him, so they hope he picks up the pace with the bat soon.

25-year old lefty swinging 1B Daric Barton is having a pathetic season with a bat in his hands. He has played in 61 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 48 for 222 (.216 avg, .600 OPS) with 25 runs scored, 0 homers, 17 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Barton is starting to do a little better so far in June. He has played in 9 games so far in June and he is 9 for 33 (.273 avg, .688 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 0 homers, 4 RBIs an 1 stolen base. The A’s need to bench Barton and move Josh Willingham to 1B with a better defensive player replacing him in LF. Barton just doesn’t have the power or the bat to be an asset at 1B in the majors.

33-year old right swinging starting 2B Mark Ellis played well in 2010 for the A’s. He played in 124 games for the A’s last year and he was 127 for 436 (.291 avg, .739 OPS) with 45 runs scored, 5 homers, 49 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. The A’s thought that Ellis would be solid again for them in 2011, but that just hasn’t been the case yet. Ellis has played in 39 games for the A’s so far this year and he is 26 for 134 (.194 avg, .490 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 0 homers, 6 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Ellis has been a solid player for the A’s for a long time, so he likely has until at least the All-Star break to turn things around before the team even thinks of replacing him.