The A’s don’t have Coco Crisp, and depending on how his neck problems go, it may be quite a while until they get him back.
The A’s are hoping that’s not the case, but the club seems to have found a reasonable substitute. Rookie Billy Burns not only delivered his first big league home run in the A’s 7-2 win Sunday in Tampa to extend the Oakland winning streak to two games, but had two more hits and has been a nice find at the top of the lineup.
He’s hitting .309 overall, .304 in the leadoff spot, and he has a .