Friday, July 6, 2018

#87 - New York Villains (56-28) at Toronto Blue Jays (40-46)



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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