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MLB Deep Cut #25, Sunday, October 18: “Name a player who played for both the Athletics and the Colorado Rockies.” The prompt had 74 valid answers, and nobody played it that day. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
Nobody named
- Jason Giambi: Athletics 1995–2009, Colorado Rockies 2009–2012
- Matt Holliday: Colorado Rockies 2004–2018, Athletics 2009
- Walt Weiss: Athletics 1987–1992, Colorado Rockies 1994–1997
- Carlos Gonzalez: Athletics 2008, Colorado Rockies 2009–2018
- Mark Ellis: Athletics 2002–2011, Colorado Rockies 2011
- Ramon Hernandez: Athletics 1999–2003, Colorado Rockies 2012
- Seth Smith: Colorado Rockies 2007–2011, Athletics 2012–2013
- Marco Scutaro: Athletics 2004–2007, Colorado Rockies 2012
- Jay Payton: Colorado Rockies 2002–2010, Athletics 2005–2006
- Ron Gant: Athletics 2001–2003, Colorado Rockies 2001
- Eric Byrnes: Athletics 2000–2005, Colorado Rockies 2005
- Todd Walker: Colorado Rockies 2000–2001, Athletics 2007
- Brent Mayne: Athletics 1997, Colorado Rockies 2000–2001
- Brian Fuentes: Colorado Rockies 2002–2008, Athletics 2011–2012
- John Mabry: Athletics 2002, Colorado Rockies 2007
- Huston Street: Athletics 2005–2008, Colorado Rockies 2009–2011
- Yonder Alonso: Athletics 2016–2017, Colorado Rockies 2019
- Jurickson Profar: Athletics 2019, Colorado Rockies 2023
- Jonathan Lucroy: Colorado Rockies 2017, Athletics 2018
- Mark Bellhorn: Athletics 1997–2001, Colorado Rockies 2003
- Alan Embree: Athletics 2007–2008, Colorado Rockies 2009
- Nick Hundley: Colorado Rockies 2015–2016, Athletics 2019
- Jack Cust: Colorado Rockies 2002, Athletics 2007–2010
- Octavio Dotel: Athletics 2004–2005, Colorado Rockies 2010
- Mike Kingery: Athletics 1992, Colorado Rockies 1994–1995
- Kurt Abbott: Athletics 1993–1998, Colorado Rockies 1998–1999
- Luis Vizcaino: Athletics 1999–2001, Colorado Rockies 2008
- Jay Witasick: Athletics 1996–2007, Colorado Rockies 2005
- Pat Neshek: Athletics 2012–2013, Colorado Rockies 2017
- John Axford: Colorado Rockies 2015, Athletics 2016–2017
- Kevin Kouzmanoff: Athletics 2010–2011, Colorado Rockies 2011
- Adam Melhuse: Colorado Rockies 2000–2008, Athletics 2003–2007
- Drew Pomeranz: Colorado Rockies 2011–2013, Athletics 2014–2015
- Jason Hammel: Colorado Rockies 2009–2011, Athletics 2014
- Jeff Francis: Colorado Rockies 2004–2013, Athletics 2014
- Jeff Parrett: Athletics 1992, Colorado Rockies 1993
- Fernando Abad: Athletics 2014–2015, Colorado Rockies 2023
- John Wasdin: Athletics 1995–1996, Colorado Rockies 2000–2001
- Brett Anderson: Athletics 2009–2019, Colorado Rockies 2014
- Omar Olivares: Colorado Rockies 1995, Athletics 1999–2000
- Sal Fasano: Athletics 2000–2001, Colorado Rockies 2001
- Scott Alexander: Athletics 2024, Colorado Rockies 2025
- Matt Murton: Athletics 2008, Colorado Rockies 2009
- Scott Service: Colorado Rockies 1993, Athletics 2000
- Joe Kennedy: Colorado Rockies 2004–2005, Athletics 2005–2007
- Mike Venafro: Athletics 2002, Colorado Rockies 2006
- Nick Martini: Athletics 2018–2019, Colorado Rockies 2025
- Mark Redman: Athletics 2004, Colorado Rockies 2007–2008
- Austin Wynns: Colorado Rockies 2023, Athletics 2025
- Josh Outman: Athletics 2008–2011, Colorado Rockies 2012–2013
- Dustin Garneau: Colorado Rockies 2015–2017, Athletics 2017–2019
- Kevin Jarvis: Athletics 1999, Colorado Rockies 2000–2004
- Jose Ortiz: Athletics 2000–2001, Colorado Rockies 2001–2002
- Bobby Chouinard: Athletics 1996, Colorado Rockies 2000–2001
- Jason Pridie: Colorado Rockies 2014, Athletics 2015
- Mike Harkey: Colorado Rockies 1994, Athletics 1995
- Matt McBride: Colorado Rockies 2012–2015, Athletics 2016
- Edgar Gonzalez: Athletics 2009, Colorado Rockies 2011
- Micah Bowie: Athletics 2002–2003, Colorado Rockies 2008
- Clayton Mortensen: Athletics 2009–2010, Colorado Rockies 2011
- Tim Harikkala: Colorado Rockies 2004–2007, Athletics 2005
- Guillermo Moscoso: Athletics 2011, Colorado Rockies 2012
- Robin Jennings: Athletics 2001, Colorado Rockies 2001
- Rico Garcia: Colorado Rockies 2019, Athletics 2023
- Jim Miller: Colorado Rockies 2011, Athletics 2012
- Ben Bowden: Colorado Rockies 2021, Athletics 2025
- Greg Smith: Athletics 2008, Colorado Rockies 2010
- Simon Castro: Colorado Rockies 2015, Athletics 2017
- Bruce Walton: Athletics 1991–1992, Colorado Rockies 1994
- Chad Smith: Colorado Rockies 2022, Athletics 2023
- Cedrick Bowers: Colorado Rockies 2008, Athletics 2010
- Ryan Castellani: Colorado Rockies 2020–2021, Athletics 2022
- Todd Belitz: Athletics 2000, Colorado Rockies 2001
- Bruce Billings: Athletics 2011, Colorado Rockies 2011
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