The Jays are in texas for three games in the Texas heat before coming home to face Baltimore and Texas. It's also hall of fame weekend for Canadian connected Robbie Alomar, Pat Gillick and Dave Van Horne.
All games are 8pm eastern starts.
Game one tonight has Jo Jo Reyes facing Colby Lewis. Reyes is pitching on extra rest in this game. Can Jo Jo recover from his poor start against the Yankees where he recorded an unworthy win? Maybe the Jays can put something in Jo Jo's IV to help him out. John Farrell, earlier in the week:
Farrell said he's had discussions with teams in southern climates to see how they deal with the heat on a regular basis. The Rangers pay close attention to their pitchers to ensure a similar situation to Halladay doesn't happen with them.
"Their starting pitchers take an IV before they go out in the game," Farrell said. "They'll replenish their fluids or even preventively pump their systems with fluid just to have to a reserve, or a reservoir almost, as they're going through the extreme heat.
On Saturday Carlos Villueneva faces Matt Harrison, who has been pitching very well for the Rangers.
On Sunday night Texas baseball Brett Cecil has the tough task of facing Alexi Ogando.
Among the relevant questions for this weekend are:
How many games will Travis Snider start in centre field? Today and Sunday are possibilities or will Farrell opt to go with Davis's speed?
Can Cecil bounce back from his bad first two innings against Seattle? Were those two innings because of the extra rest he had or were they just typical Cecil 2011 innings?
Will the Jays be in any blow-ous so Frank Francisco can get into the game? Seriously, the trade deadline is ten days away and if the Jays want to trade Franky he needs to have three or four good appearances in that span.
Will Farrell be under orders to showcase Rauch, Dotel or Frasor too over the next ten days?
Will we see Brett Lawrie, I don't think so?
What are you looking for this weekend?
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