Philly drags a 35-30 record north of the border for a Monday opener, and the pitching matchup is roughly as one-sided as a June matchup can look on paper. Sánchez (7-2, 1.46) just snapped a 50.2-inning scoreless streak — the 5th-longest in MLB history and the longest ever by a lefty — by giving up exactly 1 run to the Padres last Wednesday. Corbin (2-2, 3.98) draws the home assignment for Toronto.
That ERA on Corbin's line is doing some heavy lifting. The 36-year-old has failed to make it through 5 innings in 4 straight outings and is sitting on an 11.48 ERA over that stretch per Blue Jays Nation, which is the kind of run that gets a guy bumped to long relief once Dylan Cease and Max Scherzer come off the IL. Today he gets the Phillies. Cool draw.
The Phillies have won 4 of 5 and just dropped 9 on the White Sox on Sunday. Toronto has actually been fine at home lately, taking 2 of 3 from Baltimore over the weekend with back-to-back 6-4 wins, but losing Daulton Varsho's bat in center and still waiting on Alejandro Kirk thins out a lineup that was already short Anthony Santander and Addison Barger. Asking what's left of the Blue Jays' offense to chase Sánchez is a tall order.
- Day-To-DayCarson DeMartini SS
- Day-To-DayBryan Rincon SS — The Phillies promoted Rincon from Single-A Clearwater to High-A Jersey Shore on Aug. 15.
- Day-To-DayRene Pinto C — Pinto (undisclosed) began a rehab assignment Monday, Kristie Ackert of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
- Day-To-DayDaniel Robert RP — Robert suffered a cardiac incident Sunday while preparing to throw a bullpen session and was taken to a local hospital, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.
- Day-To-DayMark Kolozsvary C — Kolozsvary (undisclosed) agreed to a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.
- 15-Day-ILKyle Backhus RP — Backhus (elbow) played catch Wednesday, MLB.com reports.
- suspensionJohan Rojas CF — Rojas (shoulder) is starting in center field and batting leadoff in Thursday's Grapefruit League contest against Atlanta, Lochlahn March of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
- Day-To-DayDaulton Varsho CF — Varsho (wrist) is not in the Blue Jays' starting lineup against the Orioles on Sunday.
- 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-ILAddison Barger RF — Barger (elbow) has been hitting in the batting cage at Toronto's complex in Dunedin, Florida, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
- 10-Day-ILLenyn Sosa 2B — Sosa went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, an additional run and an additional RBI on Saturday against the Twins in an 11-4 victory.
- 15-Day-ILMax Scherzer SP — Scherzer (forearm) threw a bullpen session Sunday and expressed confidence that he would be available to pitch against the Phillies on Wednesday, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.
Pinnacle has the Phillies at -170 with the run line a coin flip at +100/-113. That's a heavy number for a road favorite, but it's the kind of price the market hangs on the best pitcher in baseball facing a guy whose xERA says regression has been overdue for a month. The total sits at 7.5 with juice to the under, which tracks — Sánchez has gone 7 innings in 3 of his last 4 and the Jays' offense without Varsho and Kirk isn't built to slug their way out of trouble.
If Toronto wants a window, it's probably innings 1-2 against a Corbin who's been getting punished early, and hoping Sánchez finally has a human start at some point this calendar year. The smart money says they don't get either. Phillies in a quiet 4-1.