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		<title>Recap: Blue Jays 5, Diamondbacks 1; Blue Jays Love the Arizona Heat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks opened a mini two game series Tuesday night at Chase Field.  The Blue Jays sent Aaron Sanchez to the mound against Diamondbacks young righty Zack Godley.  Both pitchers were effective in the early innings.  Zack Godley was able to get the Blue Jays hitters to chase his curveball [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks opened a mini two game series Tuesday night at Chase Field.  The Blue Jays sent Aaron Sanchez to the mound against Diamondbacks young righty Zack Godley.  Both pitchers were effective in the early innings.  Zack Godley was able to get the Blue Jays hitters to chase his curveball most of the night resulting in seven strikeouts.  However, in a couple of innings his curveball stayed up in the zone and the Jays capitalized.  In the third inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit a three run homer and in the fifth Josh Donaldson an RBI single.  Godley went five innings giving up four runs on six hits and one walk.  The Diamondbacks bullpen pitched the final four innings giving up an unearned run in the ninth.</p>
<p>Aaron Sanchez continued his dominance this season and he did it with his familiar combination of missing bats and inducing ground balls.  Of Sanchez&#8217;s recorded outs 11 were ground balls and 5 via the strikeout.  His final line was seven innings, six hits , one run, no walks and five strike outs.  Jason Grilli and Roberto Osuna finished the game off to preserve the win for the Blue Jays, 5-1.</p>
<h3>TOP PLAY OF THE GAME BY WPA</h3>
<p>In the top of the third inning, Toronto trailing 1-0, Zack Godley got two quick outs before giving up singles to Devon Travis and Donaldson.  Encarnacion, who loves to hit at Chase Field, hammered a hanging curveball into the left centre field seats giving the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.  This increased the win probability of Toronto by 30.2 percentage points.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Encarnacion absolutely loves this place. That&#39;s his ninth home run in 16 games at Chase Field. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash">#BlueJays</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Gregor Chisholm (@gregorMLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/gregorMLB/status/755589337975169024">July 20, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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<h3>BOTTOM PLAY OF THE GAME BY WPA</h3>
<p>The Diamondbacks, with runners on first and second and one out in the bottom of the fourth,  had an opportunity to cut into the Blue Jays 3-1 lead.  However, Arizona shortstop, Nick Ahmed hit a ground ball back to the Sanchez who started a double play to end the inning.  This missed opportunity lowered the Diamondbacks win expectancy by 11.3 percentage points.</p>
<h3>DEVON TRAVIS</h3>
<p>Ezequiel Carrera was sidelined for the second consecutive game due to discomfort in his left Achilles tendon and manager John Gibbons indicated he may not play in finale tomorrow.  As a result, Devon Travis was asked to lead off for the Blue Jays.  He proceeded to take advantage of this opportunity and was a key contributor in the Blue Jays offense.  He had two hits in five at bats, one RBI and scored two runs.</p>
<h3>Up Next</h3>
<p>The Blue Jays will try to extend their win streak to three games and sweep the mini series against the Diamondbacks tomorrow afternoon.  It will be a matchup of two struggling starters, the Blue Jays will send Marcus Stroman (7-4, 5.15 ERA) against Diamondbacks lefty Patrick Corbin (4-8, 5.25 ERA).  First pitch will be at 2:40 PM ET/12:40 PM MT.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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		<title>Time to Make Up Some Ground: Diamondbacks Preview</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO BLUE JAYS @ ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS TUESDAY JULY 19TH &#8211; WEDNESDAY JULY 20TH Written by Sean Addis and Nick Dika The Blue Jays and Diamondbacks will play a short two game series in Arizona starting tonight, after splitting a two-game series last month at the Rogers Centre. This will be Toronto&#8217;s first return to Arizona since 2013. The Blue [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center">TORONTO BLUE JAYS @ ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: center">TUESDAY JULY 19TH &#8211; WEDNESDAY JULY 20TH</h2>
<p style="text-align: center"><em>Written by Sean Addis and Nick Dika</em></p>
<p>The Blue Jays and Diamondbacks will play a short two game series in Arizona starting tonight, after splitting a two-game series last month at the Rogers Centre. This will be Toronto&#8217;s first return to Arizona since 2013. The Blue Jays just completed a disappointing series against the Oakland Athletics, where Toronto squandered multi-run leads in all three games and were lucky to leave the Bay Area with one win. The Diamondbacks, last in the National League West, are coming off a series win against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The series match up favours the Blue Jays, but as we saw in Oakland, nothing should be taken for granted.</p>
<h3>Pitching Matchups:</h3>
<h4>TUESDAY JULY 19TH – 9:40 PM ET</h4>
<h4><strong>Aaron Sanchez (9-1, 2.97 ERA) @ Zack Godley (2-0, 5.28 ERA)</strong></h4>
<p>Sanchez makes his first start of the second half Tuesday night in Arizona, having last pitched for the Jays 10 days ago on July 9th. While many suggested that Sanchez would be frequently skipped or pushed back to manage his workload, the All-Star break reshuffling marks only the second time that Sanchez has been pushed back to pitch on more than normal rest.</p>
<p>When tasked with pitching on extra rest, Sanchez threw 6.2 innings against the Red Sox – surrendering 4 runs (3 earned) and striking out 6 on May 27<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;line-height: 20px">th </span>at the Rogers Centre. Sanchez continues to show no sign of tiring as the season moves past the halfway point – having thrown 8 innings in two of his last three starts.</p>
<p>Despite all of the turmoil surrounding Sanchez’s potential departure from the rotation, if the Blue Jays get anything close to the same results Aaron Sanchez (2.97 ERA, 1.7 WARP) produced during the first half of the season, it will be awfully difficult to remove him from the rotation</p>
<p>The Diamondbacks will counter with Zack Godley. A 26-year-old righty that has been used as a swingman since his call up in June. Godley was drafted in the 10<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;line-height: 20px">th</span> round (288<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;line-height: 20px">th</span> overall) of the 2013 draft and came into the season as the 24<sup>th</sup> best prospect in the Arizona system. He has pitched to a 5.28 ERA in his 15.1 innings of major league work thus far.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160605&amp;content_id=182334548&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;vkey=news_milb" target="_blank">Godley leans heavily on a cutter, which he throws with an average velocity just under 90 mph and uses a curveball and slider as his primary secondary offerings</a>. Godley has also struggled to limit free passes – walking over 4 batters per 9 innings in both Triple A and the Majors this season.</p>
<h4>WEDNESDAY JULY 20TH – 3:40 PM ET</h4>
<p><strong>Marcus Stroman (7-4, 5.15 ERA) @ Patrick Corbin (4-8, 5.25 ERA)</strong></p>
<p>Unfortunately for Blue Jays’ fans, the All-Star break did little to cure Marcus Stroman’s recent struggles, as he allowed seven runs (including three home runs) in only 4.2 innings of work this past Friday in Oakland. While Stroman continues to search for the consistency on the mound, it is important to remember that he&#8217;s still only 25 years old and effectively pitching in his second Major League season.</p>
<p>Stroman’s success and failure continues to hinge on his ability to prevent hard contact by pitching down in the zone. During Stroman’s two recent successful starts against Cleveland and Kansas City, he was able to minimize hard contact – allowing only 23.8%. Alternatively, when Stroman is unable to locate down in the zone, that hard contact rate rises drastically – as it did on Friday night in Oakland. As frustrating as it can be to watch Stroman scuffle, there is still plenty of time this season for him to right the ship and pitch like he did at the beginning of the season and down the stretch in 2015.</p>
<p>Much like Stroman, Diamondback’s starter Patrick Corbin has struggled to produce the results we expected so far this season. After missing all of 2014 recovering from Tommy John surgery, Corbin returned in the second half of 2015 – posting a 3.60 ERA and 3.37 FIP over 16 starts. While Corbin’s initial post-TJ numbers look a lot like the ones he put up during a breakout 2103, the 26-year-old has struggled this season – pitching to a 5.25 ERA and 1.51 WHIP over 109 innings.</p>
<p>Between Stroman and Corbin (who leads all of baseball with 38.8% hard contact surrendered), there is a strong possibility that the ball will be flying all over Chase Field on Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<h3>ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS</h3>
<p>The Diamondbacks are still without ace Zack Greinke, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain, as a result Zack Godley will be making at least one spot start in his absence.  On Sunday the D-backs placed catcher/outfielder Chris Hermann on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring.  They have selected infielder/outfielder Mike Freeman from Triple-A Reno as his replacement.</p>
<p>Ezequiel Carrera&#8217;s achilles tendon has been causing discomfort and he did not play in Sunday&#8217;s game against the Athletics.  He is expected to play in the series, but if he can&#8217;t that would reduce the bench options at manager John Gibbons disposal.</p>
<p>The Blue Jays have two players that are rehabbing at AAA Buffalo. Super Utility Ryan Goins is eligible to come off the DL on Friday and Franklin Morales will complete his 30 day rehab stint on Wednesday, after which, Blue Jays will be required to make a decision with regard to his status.  Chris Colabello was promoted to AAA Buffalo, as he tries to work himself back to the big club after serving his 81 game PED suspension. Finally, Macro Estrada is expected to start Friday night when the Blue Jays return to Toronto to face the Seattle Mariners.</p>
<h3>Keep an Eye On</h3>
<p><b>Jake Lamb</b></p>
<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Jake Lamb was named the National League player of the week.  Over the weekend series against the Dodgers, he hit .583 (7/12) with one home run, four runs batted in, and three runs scored.  Lamb is in his first full, healthy season in the majors and at 25 appears to be breaking out as a star.  He is leading the National League in slugging percentage (.635), while having a slash line of (.390/.468/.902) over the month of July.  The Blue Jays pitchers will have Diamondbacks perennial All Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to contend with, but it might be how well they slow down the hot bat of Jake Lamb that determines their success against this lineup.</p>
<p><b>Keeping the ball on the ground</b></p>
<p>The Diamondbacks play in one of the most hitter friendly ballparks in the National League (1.197 runs factor).  The higher altitude, short fences in left field and league average distance in the power alley allow for many home runs.  However, the field is more advantageous for extra base hits due in part to the 25 foot wall in centre field.  For this reason it will be imperative for the Blue Jay starters to try to keep the ball on the ground.    The good news for the Blue Jays is Marcus Stroman leads all major league pitchers inducing ground balls (59.6%), while Aaron Sanchez is sixth in MLB (56.6%).  If they are going to be successful they will need to continue this trend.  Sanchez was able to effectively do that in hitter friendly Coors Field last month, pitching an eight inning gem against the Colorado Rockies.</p>
<p><b>Jays Offense </b></p>
<p>The Blue Jays offense has been heating up over the last 12 games.  They have scored five or more runs nine times.  In this series they need to take advantage of the hitter friendly ballpark and facing two pitchers who have struggled this season.  Zack Godley has limited major league experience and has struggled with command (as indicated above), and Patrick Corbin has a home ERA of  7.15 and hitters have an OPS of .831 against him.  A key to this series is for the offense to take advantage of the favourable pitching match ups.</p>
<h3>Probable Lineup</h3>
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<td style="text-align: center">Ezequiel Carrera – RF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Jean Segura – 2B</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Josh Donaldson – 3B</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Michael Bourn – CF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Edwin Encarnacion – 1B</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Michael Saunders – LF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Jake Lamb – 3B</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Russell Martin – C</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Wellington Castillo – C</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Troy Tulowitzki – SS</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Yasmany Tomas – RF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Devon Travis – 2B</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Brandon Drury – LF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Kevin Pillar &#8211; CF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Nick Ahmed – SS</td>
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<p><em>via <a href="http://www.rosterresource.com" target="_blank">Roster Resource</a></em></p>
<h3>Final Thoughts</h3>
<p>The Jays have a great opportunity to use this short series to make up some ground on both Boston and Baltimore.  Toronto did not take advantage of playing the last place Oakland Athletics and lost two out of three, they now have an opportunity against another last place team.  It is important that they take advantage of this part of the schedule as they try to defend their American League East Title.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto Blue Jays vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, June 21st &#8211; Wednesday, June 22nd Written by Joshua Howsam and Eric Mercer Coming off a tough series loss to the first place Orioles, the Blue Jays come home to take on the Diamondbacks for a brief two-game set. The Jays bats definitely came to play in Baltimore, but the [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center">Toronto Blue Jays vs. Arizona Diamondbacks</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center">Tuesday, June 21st &#8211; Wednesday, June 22nd</h3>
<p style="text-align: center"><em>Written by <a href="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/author/joshuahowsam/" target="_blank">Joshua Howsam</a> and <a href="http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/author/ericmercer/" target="_blank">Eric Mercer</a></em></p>
<p>Coming off a tough series loss to the first place Orioles, the Blue Jays come home to take on the Diamondbacks for a brief two-game set. The Jays bats definitely came to play in Baltimore, but the pitching let them down in the series finale. Overall though, the Blue Jays have been playing extremely well of late, and find themselves right back in the mix atop the AL East. The 33-39 Diamondbacks must be disappointed with their performance to this point &#8211; especially given the big off-season pickups of Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller &#8211; but they are on a bit of a hot streak, having just completed a four-game sweep of the Phillies and with seven wins in their last ten games.</p>
<h3>Pitching Matchups:</h3>
<h4>Tuesday, June 21st – First Pitch 7:07 PM ET</h4>
<p><strong>Marco Estrada (5-2, 2.58 ERA) vs. Patrick Corbin (3-6, 4.76 ERA) </strong></p>
<p>Marco Estrada gets the ball in the opener against the Diamondbacks. He has been nothing short of spectacular for the entirety of the season. The last time Estrada gave up more than five hits was on April 21, his third start of the year. The last time Estrada went less than six innings was…yes, you guessed it, on April 21. That is 10 consecutive starts with at least six innings pitched and five or less hit allowed. That tied the current major league record, which is held by Clayton Kershaw and Jake Arrieta in 2014, and Johan Santana in 2004.</p>
<p>If Marco sticks to the game plan that has made him so successful these past two seasons, he has a good chance of attaining sole ownership of that record. He needs to continue to elevate the fastball, followed by the changeup. Estrada has been phenomenal at inducing pop-ups with his high heat. In 2016, Estrada has generated in-field fly balls 18% of at-bats which leads the entire MLB. Opposing batters are hitting just .121 when they hit a fly ball or pop-up this season. If batters lay off the fastball upstairs, then they can expect the change up next. They know the changeup is coming. It is Marco’s best pitch. Yet, they still cannot hit it. Batters are hitting a mere .109 against the change all season long. If Marco sticks to the blueprint that has worked for the better part of 40 starts, he has a great chance of extending his current streak and sitting alone atop the all-time leaderboards.</p>
<p>Patrick Corbin displayed success at the major league level in 2013, his second year in the league. That season he threw over 200 innings, compiling 178 strikeouts to go along with a 3.41 ERA and an all-star appearance. At 23 years of age, he really turned some heads; unfortunately for Patrick, he hasn&#8217;t been able to attain the same level for prolonged periods of time. This season, he throws the fourseam (37%), sinker (26%), slider (23%) and the changeup (13%). Look for Corbin to stay away from the Blue Jays big bats by throwing the slider down and away and jamming them with the sinker low and inside. Batters have hit only .137 against the slider this season with very few extra base hits. Corbin can get into serious trouble when he starts experimenting with his changeup. He hasn&#8217;t thrown the pitch to a left handed hitter all season, but righties are taking advantage of it when they see it. They are hitting .381 against the change with a slugging percentage of .810; that is&#8230;extreme.</p>
<h4>Wednesday, June 22nd – First Pitch 4:07 PM ET</h4>
<p><strong>J.A. Happ (8-3, 3.41 ERA) vs. Robbie Ray (4-5, 4.44 ERA) </strong></p>
<p>Happ followed up two poor starts with a stellar one against the Phillies last week. In his previous two, Happ had allowed 10 runs in 12 innings of work, not what the team has come to expect out of the &#8216;new&#8217; J.A. Happ. Last start helped right the ship, as J.A. went seven innings allowing no earned runs (one run) while giving up only three hits all afternoon. It appears Happ has been changing his pitching philosophy slightly as the club gets deeper into the season. Happ has gradually begun to throw less cutters (down to 10% for June) and more and more sinkers (38% this month). It probably doesn&#8217;t hurt that on a bi-nightly basis, Happ watches Sanchez and Stroman throw sinker after sinker, inducing ground ball after ground ball. As a result, Happ has generated ground balls 45% of the time this season, eclipsing his previous career high.</p>
<p>Robbie Ray is in his 3rd year in the league and is still only 24 years of age. He showcases excellent movement on a lot of his pitches but struggles mightily to find the zone with any sort of consistency. Prior to Saturday&#8217;s tilt, Ray has walked four batters per nine innings; ranking in the bottom-10 across the MLB. Ray has a similar repertoire to Corbin but he throws a curveball every once in a while as well. At this point in his career, only his fourseam fastball is above average, according to FanGraphs. Any pitcher who struggles with control and leans heavily on his fastball to get them through an outing, likely doesn&#8217;t want to be matched up against the Toronto Blue Jays. The main power hitters in the Jays lineup love to feast on fastballs and if they are consistently getting into hitters counts, than it could be a long afternoon for the Diamondbacks and a short one for Robbie Ray. However, Ray has generated a 21% whiff rate on his slider this season. If he is able to get ahead in counts and throw the out pitch, his slider, on the outside edge, then he could find tremendous success against the Jays, particularly against those who have been susceptible to the breaking ball this year.</p>
<h3>Additions and Subtractions</h3>
<p>While the Blue Jays were certainly saddened to Jose Bautista to the disabled list, they were able to welcome back another key cog in the batting lineup. Troy Tulowitzki returned to play against Baltimore, and even hit a home run in his second game back. If he can continue to hit the way he was just before going down, this offense may not dip much at all with the loss of their star right fielder. Andy Burns, who was originally recalled for the NL park half of the Phillies series, has been sent back to the minors to make room for Tulo.</p>
<p>They Dbacks recently welcomed back Shelby Miller, who had spent a short time on the disabled list. The Diamondbacks expect a lot of Miller, but he will not pitch in this series (he started Monday). Infielder Brandon Drury was sent to the minors to make room on the roster. It wasn&#8217;t all good news though, as Arizona lost cleanup hitter David Peralta to a back injury (he will have an MRI  Tuesday). They have recalled Socrates Brito to take his spot and to play center field.</p>
<h3>Keep an Eye On</h3>
<p><strong>Booming Blue Jay Bats</strong></p>
<p>June 21st may be the first official day of summer, but the Blue Jays hitters have been red hot all month. Since June 1, the Blue Jays are hitting .266/.356/.514 as a team. The .870 OPS ranks second in baseball to the first place Orioles. Leading the charge of late are Josh Donaldson, who has gotten over a small May slump, Edwin Encarnacion, and Michael Saunders. Kevin Pillar has also followed suit of late, hitting .358/.404/.698 since June with five home runs.</p>
<p><b>Tulo-Travis Team</b></p>
<p>Despite being on the team since just before the trade deadline last year, Troy Tulowitzki has actually only shared the field with Devon Travis twice in total. If the two of them can stay healthy, this team offense could absolutely take off. We could also see some very pretty double plays, as Travis has extremely quick hands to match Tulo&#8217;s impressive range.</p>
<p><strong>The Snake&#8217;s Tail</strong></p>
<p>While the Diamondbacks bullpen is rather mediocre as a whole (their 4.31 DRA ranks 19th in the league), the tail end of their bullpen can be quite good. Daniel Hudson and Jake Barrett are particularly tough, and submariner Brad Ziegler has successfully converted 43 consecutive save opportunities, which is the seventh most ever (Grant Balfour is sixth on the list with 44).</p>
<h3>Probable Lineup</h3>
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<td style="text-align: center">1 Jean Segura &#8211; 2B</td>
<td style="text-align: center">1 Ezequiel Carerra &#8211; RF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">2 Jake Lamb &#8211; 3B</td>
<td style="text-align: center">2 Josh Donaldson &#8211; 3B</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">3 Paul Goldschmidt &#8211; 1B</td>
<td style="text-align: center">3 Edwin Encarnacion &#8211; DH</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">4 Wellington Castillo &#8211; C</td>
<td style="text-align: center">4 Michael Saunders &#8211; LF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">5 Peter O&#8217;Brien &#8211; LF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">5 Justin Smoak &#8211; 1B</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">6 Socrates Brito &#8211; RF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">6 Troy Tulowitzki &#8211; SS</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">7 Yasamany Tomas &#8211; DH</td>
<td style="text-align: center">7 Russell Martin &#8211; C</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">8 Nick Ahmed &#8211; SS</td>
<td style="text-align: center">8 Kevin Pillar &#8211; CF</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">9 Michael Bourn &#8211; CF</td>
<td style="text-align: center">9 Devon Travis &#8211; 2B</td>
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<p><em>via <a href="http://www.rosterresource.com" target="_blank">Roster Resource</a></em></p>
<h3>Final Thoughts</h3>
<p>The Jays finally got an off day Monday, which they sorely needed, so the full lineup and bullpen should be rested. They really want to take both games here, to get back onto the winning track, but a split would be acceptable before heading back on the road. The Jays don&#8217;t return back home until June 30 against the Indians.</p>
<p><em>Lead Photo: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports</em></p>
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