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The As are, with the exception of Rajai Davis and Ryan Sweeney, an oddly flyball-oriented line-up.  Travis Buck and Kurt Suzuki are neutral to GB/FB relative to league averages, the rest of them are flyball hitters...even Pennington.
Snell is neutral to GB/FB but EXTREMELY HIGH LD%. Indicating he's easy to square up.
Flyball hitters don't fair well in huge parks like Oakland...especially early in the season...and the As aren't going to be able to out-walk Snell..he's been lighting up the K/BB ratio all spring...he's throwing strikes...they're just hittable ones. So the As will have to come out swinging. My gut call is...they score early on Snell but the damage is limited by the park and the bullpen slams the door on the As.
My pick to click...Kurt Suzuki