Toronto Blue Jays (24-23, fourth in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (28-20, third in the AL East)
New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Alek Manoah (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Yankees: Domingo German (4-2, 3.05 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 42 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -161, Blue Jays +141; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: New York and Toronto will face off on Wednesday.
The Yankees are 11-15 against AL East teams. New York has a collective on-base percentage of .317, good for fourth in the American League. Aaron Judge leads the lineup with a mark of .403.
The Blue Jays are 9-10 against teams from the AL East. Toronto’s team on-base percentage of .316 is tenth in the league. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the team with an OBP of .436.
The Blue Jays won the last meeting 6-2. Steven Matz earned his sixth victory and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs for Toronto. Corey Kluber took his third loss for New York.
TOP PERFORMERS: Judge leads the Yankees with 17 extra base hits and is batting .302.
Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 58 hits and is batting .337.
LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 7-3, .272 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
Blue Jays: 4-6, .300 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
INJURIES: Yankees: Luis Severino: (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: (right elbow), Darren O’Day: (right rotator cuff), Corey Kluber: (shoulder), Zack Britton: (elbow), Ryan LaMarre: (hamstring), Aaron Hicks: (left wrist), Giancarlo Stanton: (quad).
Blue Jays: Kirby Yates: (tommy john surgery), David Phelps: (right lat), Patrick Murphy: (shoulder), Tommy Milone: (undisclosed), Julian Merryweather: (left oblique), Tom Hatch: (elbow), Ryan Borucki: (forearm), George Springer: (quad), Cavan Biggio: (spine), Alejandro Kirk: (left hip flexor).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.