Friday, July 6, 2018 | 7:07 pm
Rogers Centre | Toronto, ON
Sonny Gray (5-6, 5.44, 1.51) vs. Sam Gaviglio (2-2, 3.96, 1.20)
PREAMBLE:
One New York team (the Yankees) comes into town just as another New York team (the Mets) leaves. I hope each of the Mets farted into their assigned cubicle to leave a welcoming bon mot for the Yankees players.
It's a battle of the SGs as Sonny Gray faces Sam Gaviglio to kick off a three-game series at the Rogers Centre.
NOTES:
No roster moves to report for the Jays. On the Yankees' side of things, Gleyber Torres just went onto the DL with Tyler Wade coming up.
Some mid-season observations from Jayson Stark:
- Wince is going to weep at this one - there have been zero starts this season where a starting pitcher went through the lineup four times (i.e. faced at least 36 batters). The last time this was done was by a 44-year-old Bartolo Colon, last August. In 2000, 55 pitchers did it.
- Jacob deGrom is the unluckiest pitcher, ever. In 10 of his 17 starts, he gave up one or zero runs. The Mets are 3-7 in these ten starts. No pitcher has ever had more than 7 one/zero run starts in a season that resulted in a team loss - and deGrom has already done it before the All-Star break.
- Trivia: Nolan Arenado is currently on pace to finish with his 3rd HR title and 6th Gold Glove. Only three in MLB history have had at least 3 HR titles and 6 GGs. Name them.
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