The Oakland Athletics made their first round selection on Wednesday, picking high school catcher Tyler Soderstrom with the 26th overall pick. Why'd they pick him? Can they sign him? Will he stick at catcher?

Jason also ponders why John Fisher isn't breaking rank and siding with the player's proposal to get baseball back on the field with more games played. His team is built to legitimately contend and a shorter season puts more teams in the mix to contend and also runs the risk of adding an asterisk to whomever wins the World Series in 2020. A longer season could pay huge future dividends for the A's owner if he were thinking past tomorrow.

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