I don't much like the idea of taking on Yoshi the Great and Terrible in a must-win game. So win this one.
Matchup
Yesavage (1-0, 3.21) vs Snell (5-4, 2.35)
The Blue Jays are in a best of three for the World Series!
Pinch me.
Pinch me.
Yesavage didn't have his signature pitch at all in game 1, and still did ok. I'm betting tonight he has the splitter out in full force, and while the dodgers have seen him once they really haven't seen the devastating splitter yet.
I also expect Snell to be much better, tho.
I also expect Snell to be much better, tho.
Yeah Katie, this is wild. I hope everyone is enjoying themselves!
That's a money quote from Bo.
'Character' is one of those terms that gets too much play with the Cathal Kellys of the world, but these Jays keep talking about character and then, seemingly, demonstrating character in their actions.
I think this team has earned that nebulous 'character' designation, which has helped make this whole run such fun.
That, and just the sheer weirdness of it that you guys have noted - Bassit is now a great reliever, our starter tonight began the year, and his career, in A ball, a bunch of longshot rookies or AAAA guys are contributing throughout the team?
It's a bonus that it's the Dodgers, such a storied franchise, and we get to watch peak Ohtani every night.
That's a money quote from Bo.
'Character' is one of those terms that gets too much play with the Cathal Kellys of the world, but these Jays keep talking about character and then, seemingly, demonstrating character in their actions.
I think this team has earned that nebulous 'character' designation, which has helped make this whole run such fun.
That, and just the sheer weirdness of it that you guys have noted - Bassit is now a great reliever, our starter tonight began the year, and his career, in A ball, a bunch of longshot rookies or AAAA guys are contributing throughout the team?
It's a bonus that it's the Dodgers, such a storied franchise, and we get to watch peak Ohtani every night.
I wonder if Lauer is available for a lefty or two tonight.
Anything is possible given the importance of this game, but I would have thought that Lauer, Bassitt and Klein were not available for tonight. Varland is probably available but you'd really worry about his effectiveness on the third appearance in three days after throwing 40 pitches in the past two games. Everyone else looks available for both teams (although Little and Treinen may have moved into "break only in case of emergency" status).
Who is realistically available in the bullpen tonight?
Available: Hoffman, Seranthony, Fisher, Little
Unclear: Bassitt, Lauer, Fluharty, Varland
Yesavage will probably throw around 4-6 innings, depending how he performs. There will likely be some stressful innings after that once Schneider starts deploying his relievers.
Available: Hoffman, Seranthony, Fisher, Little
Unclear: Bassitt, Lauer, Fluharty, Varland
Yesavage will probably throw around 4-6 innings, depending how he performs. There will likely be some stressful innings after that once Schneider starts deploying his relievers.
Dodgers moving Smith up to #2 which I think is good for Jays relievers. You now have two righties 8/9, then Ohtani and then two more righties. For Seranthony, that's a great place to pitch. Just IBB Ohtani. Much harder to use lefties though because Dodgers have their lefties at 1/4/7.