Edgar Olmos vs. Aaron Brooks, 7:05pm
The two huge disappointments of the AL West collide attempt to make small talk and avoid eye contact as the M’s head to Oakland. If you told someone in March that Olmos and Brooks would meet as starters in a September game, they’d have 1) thought you were crazy and 2) that the M’s and A’s seasons were worse than pretty much any “worst case scenario” imagined by the projection systems. Both may be true, but #2 is *definitely* true.
Brooks began the year in the Kansas City system. He’d made his MLB debut in 2014, but it was a harrowing ordeal: Brooks gave up 13 runs in less than 3 IP.