It has now been zero days since our last mention of the Josh Donaldson trade.
This week’s theme on SB Nation is What If, looking back at a crucial moment in team history and imaging how things might have gone differently if that moment had gone the other way. For the Oakland A’s, I’m going with the Donaldson trade. I’ve long maintained that I would have held onto him for one more season in 2015, and then traded him the next winter, so let’s see how that would have changed things.
First, let’s set the scene.