Los Angeles at Oakland

Los Angeles goes with Patrick Sandoval, who had a 2.91 ERA last season and was a strong strikeout pitcher with 151 Ks in 148+ innings. Sandoval had a 2-0 record and a 1.80 versus Oakland in 2022 in 25 innings holding the A's to a .207 batting average. Oakland squeezed out a 2-1 victory in the opener despite the lowest payroll in all of baseball. The offense was 29th in the majors last season in runs scored and dead-last in on-base percentage. Starter Shintaro Fujinami throws in his first game after coming over from Japan and the A's bullpen was the seventh-worst last season (4.31 ERA). Oakland is on an 8-29 run at home in the first half of the season, so back the visitors in this division rivalry. Play Los Angeles.