Monday night at Yankee Stadium, and the Blue Jays are bringing a rotation held together by duct tape. Berrios is getting his elbow cut open Wednesday. Scherzer is back to cortisone shots. Bieber and Francis are still on the 60-day. So here comes Patrick Corbin, the $1M April signing, somehow carrying a 3.93 ERA into the Bronx and arguably Toronto's most reliable starter right now.
Across from him: Ryan Weathers, who took a no-hitter into the 7th against Baltimore last week and has been running a sub-3.20 ERA in his Yankees stint. The Yankees as a staff lead the AL at 3.31. That's the matchup in one sentence — a journeyman lefty trying to keep pace with a guy who's been borderline unhittable for a month.
The market reflects all of it. New York is -195 at home, Toronto +177, and the Yanks are laying -1.5 with a near pick'em price on the runline. Pinnacle has the home side at 64.7% to win straight up. Nothing weird here — the better team, the better pitcher, the better lineup, in their park.
- Day-To-DayGeovanny Jesus Planchart C — no
- Day-To-DayChay Yeager RP — Yeager will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
- Day-To-DayCJ Stubbs C — The Blue Jays signed Stubbs to a minor-league contract Friday that includes an invitation to spring training.
- Day-To-DayJaven Coleman P — no
- 10-Day-ILNathan Lukes RF — Lukes (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Monday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
- 10-Day-ILAddison Barger RF — Barger will undergo an MRI on his right elbow after waking up Sunday with limited range of motion, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILAlejandro Kirk C — Kirk (thumb) is expected to begin hitting this weekend, Brian Murphy of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILTommy Nance RP — The Blue Jays placed Nance on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to right forearm discomfort.
- Day-To-DayTravis MacGregor SP — MacGregor underwent Tommy John surgery last September and will miss the entire 2019 season, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILJasson Dominguez LF — Dominguez (shoulder) has been swinging a bat in the pool and working out in the weight room, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
- 10-Day-ILGiancarlo Stanton DH — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Saturday that Stanton (calf) is doing "more dynamic stuff" but isn't yet ready to ramp up running, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
- 10-Day-ILJose Caballero SS — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday that Caballero (finger) is expected to reclaim the team's starting shortstop job when he returns from the injured list, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILGerrit Cole SP — Cole (elbow) allowed one run on six hits and one walk while striking out six across 5.1 innings in his rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
- 15-Day-ILMax Fried SP — The Yankees placed Fried on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a left elbow bone bruise, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
- 15-Day-ILAngel Chivilli RP — Manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday that Chivilli (shoulder) will be shut down from throwing for roughly three weeks, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
- 60-Day-ILClarke Schmidt SP — Schmidt (elbow) threw a bullpen session Friday, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.
Don't sleep on how banged up the Yankees are too, though. Fried just hit the IL with a bone bruise. Cole is still on a rehab assignment in Scranton. Stanton's calf isn't close. Jasson Dominguez is swinging in a pool. Caballero's finger is keeping him out of the shortstop job he's slated to reclaim. The 28-19 record is being built without a real chunk of the projected roster.
Toronto at 21-25 has lost the plot a bit — 8-14 on the road and bouncing W-L every other night for two weeks. The path to stealing this one is Corbin doing his vintage soft-contact thing for 5+ and the bullpen not coughing it up late. Realistic? Sure. Likely? The number says no.