Leys started in each of his 14 games last season, posting a 2.69 earned-run average over 67 innings. He allowed just nine extra-base hits — eight doubles and a lone triple — while collecting 74 strikeouts. Opposing batters hit just .230 against him.

But the A’s and everyone knew he would follow through on his commitment to play where his parents had gone to school, at Fresno State. Three years later, the Yankees would select him in the first round, and the MVP performances would come shortly after that.

If MLB were to start using the swing-off to break a tie in the regular season, then these are the players every team should use to hit homer after homer.