Blue Jays @ Brewers - May 23-24

Tuesday, May 23 2017 @ 06:32 PM EDT

Contributed by: #2JBrumfield

The Blue Jays hope to be worthy in the good land of Wisconsin.

Series Schedule/Probable Starters

Tuesday at 7:30 pm ET - Joe Biagini (1-2, 3.41 ERA) vs. Jimmy Nelson (2-2, 3.86)
Wednesday at 1:00 pm ET - Marcus Stroman (4-2, 3.00) vs. Matt Garza (2-0, 2.43)

Thanks to interleague play, the Jays are no longer regular visitors to Milwaukee but that city has had its share of visitors over the years. In fact, the French missionairies and explorers went there as early as the late 1600's to trade with the Native Americans.

Speaking of trade, the Jays would love to trade places with the Brewers in terms of the standings. The Brew Crew are in first place in the National League Central with a record of 25-19, 1-1/2 games ahead of St. Louis and 2-1/2 in front of the Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee won three of four in San Diego before splitting a pair of games at Wrigley Field. Former Jay Eric Thames has 13 homers and a 1.094 OPS.

The Jays are still stuck in the AL East basement at 19-26, 8-1/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East. They only managed to salvage the series finale in Baltimore and have lost three of five on their road trip. To make things worse, Aaron Sanchez's return remains up in the air. The National Post makes the case the Jays can still make a run.

Burning Question - Why do the Jays always struggle in interleague play?

Hot Take - How many botched bunts will the Jays have in this series?

On Deck - Texas is in town May 26-28.

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