The A's might have bullpen issues, and they might have a lot of them. But no team in the history of baseball has been a .118 team in one-run games over a full season. I should research that and cite something ...
The answer is no. Your objective as a writer or speaker of a quotation is to make an impact. Evaluate both choices -- paraphrase and direct quote. Usually, paraphrasing makes more sense if: 1  the quotation is long and wordy. 2  the words in the quotation are not powerful. 3  the source of the quotation is unknown or dubious. 4  you are capable of making a good paraphrase without making it seem like plagiarism.
You need to cite your source, even if: 1  you put all direct quotes in quotation marks. 2  you changed the words used by the author into synonyms. 3  you completely paraphrased the ideas to which you referred. 4  your sentence is mostly made up of your own thoughts, but contains a reference to the authorâs ideas.