Game 44 Preview: Cortes vs Berríos
this evening, looking to earn the split against their AL East foe. Gametime for this one is once again set for 7:07 ET.José Berríos gets the ball for the Jays, making his 9th start of the season. He enters play with a 3-3 record and a 4.70 ERA, although his FIP is more than a run better coming in at 3.59. That FIP puts him 25th out of the 70 qualified starters in all of baseball, a significant improvement from where he was last season.
If Guerrero is out, one of Cavan Biggio or Brandon Belt will need to be in the lineup. So far this season in the first 9 games the Jays have faced a lefty starter, Biggio has never started and Belt has once. Belt went 0-4 and struck out 3 times in that game. Against lefties in general this year he is 0-9 with 5 strikeouts while Biggio is 1-6 with 4 strikeouts.
Kevin Kiermaier was out of the lineup yesterday with an illness, a long standing virus that just doesn’t seem to be able to get out of the Blue Jays’ clubhouse. Multiple Blue Jays are currently afflicted once again, but it was only Kiermaier who was bad enough to be noticeably out of the game yesterday. With a lefty on the mound, he may be out again today, but nobody really knows who is going to be healthy enough to play this evening.
With Berríos on the mound, expect to see the Yankees get as many lefties into the lineup as possible, meaning Willie Calhoun and Aaron Hicks likely both get starts today. Switch hitter Oswaldo Cabrera has been all over the diamond defensively in this series, and today he might get the start at second base to accommodate both Calhoun and Hicks in the lineup.
Anthony Volpe was on the bench to start yesterday’s game, although he did finish the game in the field after a pinch hitting appearance. He struck out and then made an error in the 10th inning, probably not the outcomes he was hoping for. But he’ll undoubtedly be back out at SS again today.Seiya Suzuki went 3-3 with 2 home runs and 2 walks, driving in 3 and scoring twice to take home the Monster Bat award.
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