The Yankees faced a decently big test earlier this week as they took on the Cleveland Guardians — who are near the top of the AL Central — in a series without Aaron Judge. Capped off by a big win on Wednesday, the Yankees passed that test, sweeping all three games against Cleveland. Next up is another challenge, and one that could have an even greater impact on the playoff races this season.
Starting tonight, the Yankees will be making their first trip north of the border. While the Blue Jays aren’t currently in the AL East race, and are even below .500, you’d still expect them to get back into things at some point. They’ve also had the Yankees’ number somewhat recently, including knocking the Bombers out in the ALDS last year. However, they’ve not been not been especially great recently, going 4-7 over their last 11.
Before the action gets going later tonight, here’s a look at the expected pitching matchups over the next couple days.
Friday: Ryan Weathers vs. TBD (7:37 pm ET)
After a decent hot run in May and early June, Weathers has struggled in his most of his recent outings. His ERA has gone from 3.00 to 3.86 over his last four starts, and that included seven scoreless against the Rays during that run. One of his iffy recent performances came against the Blue Jays back on May 18th. He got knocked out after five runs and 5.1 innings.
At least at time of writing, the Blue Jays haven’t officially announced their rotation for this weekend’s series, but they’ll have regular starters on regular rest for the set, so Friday seems likely to be Trey Yesavage. That’s unfortunate for the Yankees, as they still have yet to figure out the Toronto youngster. He has had some iffy outings lately, but that doesn’t include the six innings he shutout the Yankees on May 20th.
Saturday: Cam Schlittler vs. TBD (3:07 pm ET)
The Yankees’ own young ace will go in the second game of the series. Following a couple starts that had some iffy signs, Schlittler fully bounced back against the Red Sox last weekend. He gave up just one run on four in 5.2 innings, helping the Yankees down Boston.
Again, nothing confirmed for this game, but it’s most likely that Kevin Gausman will go for Toronto in game two. The Yankees missed Gausman in the two teams’ earlier meeting this season. Last season, the Yankees got to him in their initial meeting, but then Gausman get the better of them in the following three. That included one in the ALDS, holding them to one run in 5.2 innings.
Sunday: Will Warren vs. TBD (1:37 pm ET)
Warren has his foibles, but he’s still been pretty impressive on the whole. He’s only allowed more than three runs in a start just once this season, and that was over a month ago at this point. In the first meeting between these two teams, Warren picked up a victory over the Jays, having held Toronto to three runs in five innings.
Finally, the most likely starter for Toronto in the finale is Patrick Corbin. After several years of being the worst starter in baseball, Corbin has somewhat bounced back this season, although he’s been worse of late. He had a 3.60 ERA through May 6th, but he has a 5.60 ERA since. He was okay but not great against the Yankees during that stretch, but the Yankees probably should’ve done better than they did.
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