Episode 137 -- The Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox start Game 1 of their series in just a few hours and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic stops by to give her takes on how the two teams match up, who could be the key to a series win for the A's and how their depth stacks up moving forward.

Plus, the A's announced their starters for Games 1 and 2, and one of them was a tad surprising. Who is it and how should we be feeling? Also, J.B. Wendelken has been added to the playoff roster. How big of a role could he have?

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