Luis Gil (#81, 27, RHP, 4-1, 3.32) vs. Kevin Gausman (#34, 34, RHP, 10-11, 3.59)
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
RF Aaron Judge R
LF C. Bellinger L
1B Ben Rice L
DH G. Stanton R
2B J. Chisholm L
3B Ryan McMahon L
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
BLUE JAYS
DH G. Springer R
RF Nathan Lukes L
1B V. Guerrero R
3B A. Barger L
C A. Kirk R
CF D. Varsho L
LF A. Santander S
SS A. Gimenez L
2B E. Clement R
Somehow, Luis Gil has NEVER started a game against the Blue Jays. That’s really weird, right? Kevin Gausman, meanwhile, has OWNED the Yankees in his last two starts, but in his first two starts, he had one mediocre start, and one terrible start where he threw 55 pitches in a single inning (and didn’t even finish said inning).
I assume he will dominate them, and Gil will be killed by the Blue Jays’ ability to make contact (and not swing at the balls we all know Gil will throw), but after that, the pitching matchups are a bit more in the Yankees’ favor. Like the Red Sox series, Game 1 is a case where the Yankees are in REALLY good shape if they win it, but not terribly awful if they lose it (but, of course, you always want to win every game).
It is kind of annoying how well Gausman pitches against the Yankees most of the time.
Blue Jays appear to be going with an interesting rotation of Gausman, rookie Trey Yesavage (in his, like, fifth start ever), Shane Bieber, and then maybe a bullpen game for Game 4 if there is a Game 4? The Yankees have a way to make every pitcher look like Cy Young, so I’m sure they’ll all do well, and I’m sure the Blue Jays will drive up the Yankee pitchers’ pitch count, and keep on getting two strike hits to drive me insane.
Cubs get a leadoff home run against the Brewers, the Brew Crew respond with six runs and counting in the bottom of the first. DANG.