The Toronto Blue Jays take on the New York Yankees tonight at Yankee Stadium. Mark Buehrle (10-3, 2.28 ERA) faces off against Chase Whitley (2-0, 2.41 ERA) in a game where we should see lots of strikes (especially if the strike zone was anything like last night).
Instead of providing a full preview of tonight’s game because I’m lazy efficient I thought it might be more worthwhile to share some tweets from a few of the very talented Blue Jays beat writers. Make sure you follow them all on Twitter and also feel free to subscribe to my list of Blue Jays beat writers.
First, tonight’s Blue Jays lineup. Colby Rasmus returns from the DL and will play center field while batting eighth, Juan Francisco will bat sixth and is listed as tonight’s DH while Munenori Kawasaki will start for the second straight game at second base.
Tonight's @BlueJays lineup:
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 18, 2014
Reyes-SS
Cabrera-LF
Bautista-RF
Encarnacion-1B
Lawrie-3B
Francisco-DH
Navarro-C
Rasmus-CF
Kawasaki-2B
Buehrle-P
Brandon Morrow played catch yesterday and felt good according to Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.
AA: Morrow played catch yesterday, felt good, could return by mid-late July @sportsnet http://t.co/L57cUCxOKL
— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) June 18, 2014
Brett Cecil says he’s ready to go “if needed” according to Barry Davis of Sportsnet.
Brett Cecil has deemed himself ready to go and will be available to pitch tonight, if needed. #bluejays
— Barry Davis (@BarryDavis_) June 18, 2014
Adam Lind is doubtful for tonight’s game but will hopefully be able to return soon according to Brendan Kennedy of the Toronto Star.
Gibby said Lind could "maybe" pinch hit tonight, but Lind himself sounded doubtful of that. He hasn't run yet & has only hit off a tee.
— Brendan Kennedy (@BKennedyStar) June 18, 2014
But Lind says he's "making progress" and hasn't even considered going on the DL. Hopeful he'll be good to go in next few days. #bluejays
— Brendan Kennedy (@BKennedyStar) June 18, 2014
Danny Knobler of ESPN New York shares that if Chase Whitley, who takes the mound tonight for the New York Yankees, goes without a walk tonight it would be the “longest single-season streak by a Yankee starter in the last 100 years.” In six starts for the Bombers, the young righty has been impressive.
As Chase Whitley starts for the Yankees tonight, a look at the surprising streak he has going. http://t.co/3v5DRdLRw8
— Danny Knobler (@DannyKnobler) June 18, 2014
Damn you, Kelly Johnson.
There is no team against which Kelly Johnson has had more success than the #bluejays. Career slash: .326/.381/.640 http://t.co/YSSLEWmB7l
— Brendan Kennedy (@BKennedyStar) June 18, 2014
And just for good measure, here’s tonight’s Yankees lineup.
#Yankees lineup vs Jays: Gardner LF, Jeter SS, Ellsbury CF, Teixeira 1B, Soriano RF, Beltran DH, McCann C, Solarte 3B, Roberts 2B, Whitley P
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 18, 2014
Enjoy the game!