Unlocking the Secret: Why This Surprising Combo Could Explode the Scoreboard Tonight
The Blue Jays have been one of the best and hottest teams in baseball for about two months now. Did anyone really expect them to take over the AL East? I’d love to say that I did, but I was kind of off of the bandwagon by the time this team entered this year. They had disappointed me too many times, and I wasn’t going to continue backing the club after they never reached their potential. This season is different, though. The team is hitting, they are pitching well enough, and now they are coming off a series in which they took three out of four from potentially the other best team in the American League, the Tigers. Today, they face a team that has significantly underperformed this season, the Orioles. To battle them, they send out Chris Bassitt. As usual, Bassitt has flown a bit under the radar. His numbers put him as a top-40 pitcher in the league, which would mean he is not quite an Ace, but a strong secondary starter. I’d probably list him as a third starter more than a first or second. Ultimately, he is a reliable arm that has done good work all year. He has an 11-4 record, 3.88 ERA, and a 1.30 WHIP. He has been worse on the road then he has been at home – throwing to an ERA that is three runs higher on the road than at home. They haven’t been all terrible starts on the road, he has allowed four or more earned in six of his 10 appearances though. He faced the Orioles once this season, on his home turf, and went six innings, allowing just one earned run.ÂÂ
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