The Jays are off to Seattle tonight for 3 with a very, very tired bullpen while fighting for their playoff lives. Seattle is tied with the Jays 1 1/2 back of KC for the last wild card slot.
Drew Hutchison vs Felix Hernandez tonight, J.A. Happ vs Chris Young on Tuesday, and R.A. Dickey, vs Hisashi Iwakuma on Wednesday before the Jays get Thursday off. All RHP vs the Jays.
Brad Mills has been called back up, Ryan Goins sent back down. Not unreasonable, as the need is for someone who can go 3+ innings if needed and could be sent back down immediately after the first game if another guy is needed. Goins had a hot July, hitting 324/324/432 but cooled right off in August over 27 PA hitting 120/120/120 (3 singles, no walks) so the choice is him or Kawasaki really.
The B-R Preview for game 1 shows Seattle has 5 rested guys and 3 tired ones, while the Jays pen is drained outside of Mills. Only Loup was lightly used last night and that was his 3rd straight game. With 25+ pitches each for Cecil, Jenkins, McGowan, Redmond and Sanchez none will be available Monday and ideally would have Tuesday off too (plus Wednesday for Redmond & Jenkins who both cracked 50 pitches). Janssen could be used in an emergency but throwing in 4 of the past 5 days you'd hope he gets tonight off too. So c'mon Hutch - if ever the Jays needed a complete game this is the time.
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