Another day goes by, another list of names hits the Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 injury list, despite last night\u2019s big 2-1 win at home over the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s too bad, since there are just 42 games left in the season, with the Jays 3.5 games out of that last American League wild-card spot. The Blue Jays still must vault over the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers to squeak in.<\/p>\n
The good news is they are 6-4 in their last ten, propelled by their starting pitchers.<\/p>\n
Last night, it was the newly acquired Jameson Taillon who gave them four innings of one-hit baseball with 3 Ks.<\/p>\n
Now we hit the bad news part if you\u2019re betting on Game 2 of the series tonight, or Blue Jays\u2019 futures.<\/p>\n
Taillon left the game with right forearm discomfort. This was on the same day as Tre Yesavage was meeting a surgeon about whether to undergo an operation to repair his left knee.<\/p>\n
Newly acquired starting pitcher Spencer Arrighetti had a setback with the nerve issue in his foot he has been battling.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been that kind of season in Toronto \u2013 one step forward, two back, a pitching staff that\u2019s being stretched extremely thin. No word yet on whether Taillon is being placed on the injured list.<\/p>\n
Toronto has 13 players officially on the IL, as of today.<\/p>\n
That brings us to tonight. Game time at Rogers Centre is 7:07 p.m. EST, with Boston sending Patrick Sandoval to the mound (1-0, 3.38 ERA, 25Ks, 1.67 WHIP) to go up against Cy Young Award candidate Dylan Cease (7-5, 2.28 ERA, 184 Ks, for third in MLB, and a 1.04 WHIP).<\/p>\n