The Yanks are north of the border today and tomorrow, playing the Blue Jays in Toronto for the first time this year. The Blue Jays are a bit different than they’ve been the last few years, at least coming into this series. The last few years, we’ve seen the Blue Jays rake, but not necessarily match that on the pitching side. This year, they’re sort of all over the place on both sides of the ball (all numbers accurate as of Tuesday night).
The Jays rank a respectable 8th in runs in the AL, with 165 despite being 11th/10th/7th respectively in BA/OBP/SLG respectively (.238/.311/.394) and 9th in wOBA (.309). They’re helped out being 5th in the AL in homers (44) Their team leaders in those categories are:
BA: Brett Lawrie, .288
OBP: Kelly Johnson, .363
SLG: Edwin Encarnacion, .577
wOBA: Encarnacion, .387
HR: Encarnacion, 11
Encarnacion also leads the team in wRC+ with a 147 mark. He, Johnson (125), and Jose Bautista (102) are the only Jays with wRC+ marks over 100.
On the pitching side, the Jays are 10th in the AL in K% (18.1), 14th in BB% (10.3!), and 13th in FIP (4.63). Despite those sketchy-at-best peripherals, the Jays are 5th in ERA at 3.72. The pitchers the Yankees will face will be Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchinson.
Drabak has a respectable 19.5 K%, but an unsightly 14.2 BB%. That decent k-rate and a solid 56.4% GB rate have helped Drabek strand 83.0% of the runners who reach against him, a staggering figure. That strand rate has led to a 3.66 ERA despite a 5.10 FIP and a 5.27 tERA.
Hutchinson has a 5.33/4.05/3.77/6.15 ERA/FIP/xFIP/tERA split to go with a 16.9 K% and a manageable 8.1 BB%. His strand rate, unlike Drabek’s, is an absurdly low 64.4%.
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