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| I like Vladdy's mitten |
Not the best game of the year as in "hoo boy! what a game!", but the best game of the year as in "oh man, what a team." Everybody hit last night, all the way down to the number nine spot, with Danny Jansen going two-for-three with a walk. Eighteen hits! Vladdy and Téo and Lourdes each three-for-five! Grichuk with a double and a two-run homer, striking blows against Keith Law's seemingly immutable evil! And Hyun-Jin Ryu totally carved up the best run-scoring team in baseball (so far), just four hits (no walks!) over seven complete, striking out seven along the way. Ryu pitched out of a lightly-ticklish fourth inning like it was nothing. Bergen, Chatwood, and a returning Rafael Dolis kept things scoreless the rest of the way for the Blue Jays' third shutout win of the year, and I believe I read that their +44 run differential is the best in baseball. And they still have, objectively, just a tonne of guys hurt. So long as those guys are joined by neither Vladdy or Ryu, this team that is already really good could turn out to be at least somewhat monstrous as we get deeper into things. A win tonight would mean first place! Let's see!
KS
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