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All-Star outfielder thankful he wasn’t traded to Oakland A’s

Before he was traded to the Cardinals last month, All-Star outfielder Marcell Ozuna heard the Marlins were on the verge of trading him to the A’s.

He wasn’t exactly filled with excitement.

Marcell Ozuna was almost traded to Oakland. He was relieved when the #STLCards stepped in. pic.twitter.com/37DxFf4vOZ

Ozuna apparently hated the idea of playing in Oakland so much he would have rather stayed in Miami, where Derek Jeter and the new owners are systematically dismantling the Marlins.

“The first thing I heard (was) they were trying to trade me to the Oakland A’s,” Ozuna told the press in St.