Series Preview: Manoah vs. Cole grudge match on tap as Blue Jays battle Yankees

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Published 21.04.2023

Series Preview: Manoah vs. Cole grudge match on tap as Blue Jays battle Yankees

The Toronto Blue Jays full a nine-game stretch in opposition to opponents anticipated to problem for the American League title with a three-game collection within the Bronx in opposition to the New York Yankees this weekend.

It’s the primary likelihood this season for the Blue Jays to measure themselves up in opposition to a Yankees workforce that completed seven video games forward of runner-up Toronto within the American League East final 12 months.

Here’s a take a look at the collection.

Watch Manoah and Blue Jays face Cole and Yankees on Sportsnet

It’s ace vs. ace as Alek Manoah and the Blue Jays face Gerrit Cole and the Yankees in New York on Saturday afternoon. Watch the sport on Sportsnet and SN NOW starting at 1 p.m. ET/ 10 a.m. PT.

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Probable Pitchers

Friday, 7:05 p.m. ET / 4:05 p.m. PT: Toronto RHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-0, 4.70 ERA) vs. New York RHP Domingo German (1-1, 3.86 ERA), Apple TV+

Saturday, 1:05 p.m. ET / 10:05 a.m. PT: Toronto RHP Alek Manoah (1-1, 6.98 ERA) vs. New York RHP Gerrit Cole (4-0, 0.95 ERA), Sportsnet ONE, SN NOW

Sunday, 1:35 p.m. ET / 10:35 a.m. PT: Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman (1-2, 3.65 ERA) vs. New York RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-1, 8.79 ERA), Sportsnet, SN NOW

All video games on Sportsnet 590 The Fan.

Latest on the Blue Jays

The Blue Jays (11-8) are 3-3 throughout this difficult stretch, coming off a 2-1 collection loss in Houston in opposition to the reigning World Series-champion Astros after taking two of three in opposition to the MLB-leading Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto.

The finale in Houston was a nail-biter, with Toronto chopping the deficit to 2-1 within the eighth and loading the bases with none out earlier than George Springer, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. have been all retired.

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The Astros then lit up the Toronto bullpen for an 8-1 win.

In the larger image, although, there was an vital improvement with starter Jose Berrios. He went seven sturdy innings for his second strong outing in a row after a rocky 2022 and begin to the ’23 season.

Latest on the Yankees

The Yankees (12-7) are in sole possession of second place within the AL East after taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels.

With 5 collection wins and one tie, the Yankees are the one MLB workforce to not have misplaced a collection this 12 months.

New York is getting glorious offensive manufacturing from Anthony Rizzo, who’s fourth within the American League with a .344 batting common, up from .224 final 12 months. He went 3-for-3 with a pair of walks in a 9-3 win over the Angels within the collection finale on Thursday.

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Then there’s Aaron Judge, who has six dingers this 12 months after signing a nine-year, $360-million deal within the low season following his record-breaking residence run season final 12 months.

Judge additionally confirmed off his defence in opposition to the Angels, robbing Shohei Ohtani of a house run with a leaping seize on Wednesday within the first earlier than homering within the backside of the inning.

Cole vs. Manoah

This needs to be enjoyable.

The two aces sq. off after Manoah known as Cole the “worst cheater in baseball history” on Serge Ibaka’s How Hungry Are You? this low season.

“He used quite a lot of sticky stuff to make his pitches higher and he kinda bought known as out on it,” Manoah stated.

These phrases got here after a tense second in New York final 12 months when Manoah hit Judge above the elbow with a pitch. Cole wasn’t comfortable, yelling at Manoah from the dugout.

Manoah wasn’t overly involved about Cole when requested concerning the incident afterward.

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“I believe if Gerrit needs to do one thing, he can stroll previous the Audi signal subsequent time,” Manoah stated, referring to a emblem exterior the Yankees dugout.

While that is all good sidebar stuff, the larger story for the Jays is getting Manoah again on monitor after a shaky begin to the season. Cole has had no such issues as he’s tied for the MLB lead in wins and is fifth in ERA.

Yankee Stadium, in fact, is the place it began for Manoah. He made a powerful MLB debut on the Bronx in May 2021 and hasn’t regarded again — ending third in Cy Young voting final 12 months.

Donaldson Banged-Up

Yankees third baseman and former Blue Jays star Josh Donaldson thought he was near getting back from a hamstring harm earlier this week earlier than he felt some discomfort operating the bases in a minor-league rehab sport.

“I’m bummed out,” Donaldson informed New York reporters, through the New York Post. “I felt like it was going to be any day now, but I’m going to take it day by day and hopefully this gets ironed out.”

The 2015 AL MVP with Toronto, Donaldson was off to a 2-for-16 begin on the plate this 12 months earlier than being sidelined.

The Yankees are lacking different key gamers to harm — together with newly signed lefty starter Carlos Rodon (again), outfielder/DH Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring), outfielder Harrison Bader (indirect) and righty Luis Severino (lat).

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East is a Beast

All 5 groups within the AL East are .500 or higher — the Boston Red Sox sit final, at 10-10, whereas the Rays paved the way, at 16-3.

Every different division has at the very least two groups with shedding data.

The good news for AL East groups is the brand new schedule sees solely 13 video games in opposition to every of the divisional foes, down from 19 final 12 months. This ought to assist in the wild-card race.

2022 Season Series

The Blue Jays went 8-11 in opposition to the Yankees final 12 months.

Up Next

The Blue Jays return residence for a three-game collection in opposition to the Chicago White Sox, beginning Monday, adopted by three video games in opposition to Teoscar Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners.