Welcome to the PREMIERE of The Sixth Inning: A’s Business at Six with Booney, a new Monday–Friday show from the House Always Wins Media Network examining the money, power, and decisions shaping the A’s—past, present, and future.

Follow the money. Understand the game.

And we're starting with a big one.

The A’s lost 98 games in 2026. Their bullpen blew 28 saves. Mason Miller became one of the most dominant closers in baseball.

So knowing everything we know now, would I go back and undo the trade that sent Mason Miller and J.P. Sears to San Diego for Leo DeVries, Braden Nett, Henry Baez and Eduardo Nunez?

Not a chance.

I'd make it 100 times out of 100.

In this episode, we examine how much better the 2026 A’s realistically could have been with Miller still closing games, why our game-by-game analysis projects approximately nine additional victories, what 73–89 would actually have accomplished, and why the answer requires looking beyond blown saves.

Then we get to the other side of the trade: Leo De Vries.

We break down his prospect value, his development, the risk created by his shoulder surgery, the additional players acquired in the deal, and why the timing of an elite closer's value matters just as much as the talent of the closer himself.

Mason Miller is a Ferrari.

But a Ferrari only changes your life when you've got somewhere to drive it.

THE SIXTH INNING: A’S BUSINESS AT SIX WITH BOONEY

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