Can Fried Silence the Blue Jays’ Explosive Offense and Turn the Tide?

The Blue Jays seem like they are finally getting it all to click, and I couldn’t be happier for them. Toronto is in third place, but they are just two games back of the Yankees. They are eight games over .500 and ten games over .500 on their home diamond. The team is one of the better hitting squads in baseball with a .257 batting average. They don’t rely on the longball to score the majority of their runs as they have just 83 for the season. Unlike the Yankees who are led by Judge in all major categories, the Blue Jays have someone different leading the way for each of their big statistics. That’s a good balance and something that is a little more sustainable when someone goes into a slump. Today they send out their Ace, Kevin Gausman, to the hill. Gausman is 6-6 with a 4.21 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP. While those numbers aren’t terrible, he has been a lot less consistent than Fried has this year. Guasman has three games where he has allowed at least six earned and another two where he has allowed at least four earned. He has been slightly worse at home this season than he has on the road. One of those poor starts was against Fried and the Yankees as he allowed six earned runs in just 2.2 innings of work. 

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