Christian Bergman vs. Jake Odorizzi, 7:10pm
It’s our own fault. We tend to apply a label to a team and stick to it, even as personnel and front offices come and go. It was an article of faith among NON-sabermetrically inclined fans that stat nerds would automatically view a Billy Beane trade favorably, and a…I don’t know, Royals (in 2010-2014) trade unfavorably. These criticisms weren’t exactly wrong. I’ll admit I would look at an A’s move that didn’t seem to make any sense (Billy Butler?) and really try to consider alternative angles that maybe I’d missed at first.