I could have told you Nick Kurtz was going to hit 4 HRs last night. I just couldn’t have told you until right after the game, as I am very good at predicting the past but not quite as skilled as predicting the future.
However, an August 1st “trade deadline predictions” article wouldn’t be very interesting and so today I will make my guesses with the first prediction being: next week I will deeply regret having published this and looking ever so foolish for my many wrong prognostications.
Anyhoo, here are my safe and dark horse predictions for the A’s activity between now and July 31st.