The Jays need a run of six or seven in a row or nine of ten to get back into it. Will it start tonight?
Friday: Drew Smyly vs. Marcus Stroman
Saturday: Jeremy Hellickson vs. Mark Buehrle
Sunday: Chris Archer vs. Drew Hutchison
The Tampa pitchers have been hot recently and that has helped Tampa get back to within three games of .500. If Tampa were to sweep the series they and the Blue Jays would be tied with .500 records.
Other News
Manny Machado is out for the season, he will have to have knee surgery.
Boston has signed Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo for $72M over 6 years. I never heard that the Jays were in the mix, the money probably made it unlikely.
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