The A's are coming off a series win over the Astros and a day off. They get to travel to Arlington to take on the Rangers, who are just 2.5 games behind the Astros! Can the A's help the Astros by beating the Rangers, or will they lie down and play dead and allow the Rangers to gain some ground in the standings? Let's find out...
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Questions:
1. Series Outcome: 3 games [3 points]
2. Starters: The A's are sending out a converted long reliever and a couple of garbage heap pick ups this series. The Rangers are sending out actual starting pitchers! Let's see how Friday night's matchup between the long reliever and the actual starter goes. For Jesse Chavez and Colby Lewis, guess IP / H / ER / BB / K for their starts. [2 points each] [20 total]
3. Relievers: For each team's bullpen for the series, guess Over/Under/Tie: 8 IP / 3 ER / 1 Save / 7 K / 3 BB [1 point each] [10 total]
4.3B men: Beltre has been manning third for the Rangers for several years. Valencia has been manning third for the A's for several days. How do they do over the weekend? For Valencia and Beltre, guess PA / H / XBH / BB / K for the series. [2 points each] [20 total]
5. Standings: No, let's not look at where the A's are in the standings. I'd say don't look at the A's standings until next May! For now, the Blue Jays lead the Yankees by only 1.5 games and they're playing a 4 game series against each other over the weekend. At the end of the weekend, guess who is in the lead [1 point] and by how many games [3 points]. [4 total]
6. High WPA: Name the position players with the highest WPA for each team, each game. That makes 6 total guesses (you can name the same player twice if you think they'll do it twice.) It does not matter which game the player has the highest WPA. [2 points each] [12 total]
69 points total. Answers due by 5:05pm on Friday!
