Game Thread #29: A’s at Blue Jays
Brett Anderson vs. Vlad Jr., the matchup we’ve been waiting for
Last season, the 5 best position players according to WAR were in the American League (Matt Chapman was 7th btw). And that’s not even including Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge, the top 2 finishers in 2017 AL MVP voting, or Giancarlo Stanton, the 2017 NL MVP. Arguably, the AL holds 10 or so of the 15 best position players in baseball (see below for my Top 15).
As if that didn’t make it tough enough for the A’s, they’ll now have to face Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Читать дальше...