Monday, September 21, 2015

Yanks can't handle Price, fall 3.5 games out of first


Going into tonight you couldn't have felt very good about coming away from this thing with a win.  Pitting Adam Warren and his 85 pitch limit against David Price in Toronto didn't exactly sound promising.  And in the end things worked out just about how you might have thought they would.  The Blue Jays put up a crooked number in the first.  Price got back on the mound with a lead and mowed down the Yankees the rest of the way.  They had one real opportunity with the bases loaded in the third with one out but Price never looked out of sorts.  It was almost as if he had the Yankees on the ropes and not the other way around.  He struck out A-Rod and got McCann to fly out to end the threat.

Remember when the Blue Jays got David Price and everyone said "Oh well the Yankees always hit David Price."  I think we can officially put that notion to bed now.  In four starts against the Yankees since becoming a Blue Jay he's been beyond dominant.  It almost seems like the Yankees never even have a chance.  Toronto jumps out to a lead before you're even in your seat and then Price gets in a groove that you know they aren't going to disrupt no matter what they do.  For all of the fanfare that Cespedes has gotten with the Mets since they traded for him, this deadline deal may be even better.  Since becoming a Blue Jay Price is 8-1 in ten starts and has been every bit the ace Toronto has been missing since the days of Doc Halladay.  His acquisition has made them what they are right now and that's the best team in baseball.


These next two games are must-wins if we want to talk about division races anymore.  It's very possible Severino and Nova still have shell-shock from their last outings against Toronto so I'm not expecting either of them to go out and spin a gem.  Just avoid that early-inning disaster while you're still figuring things out.  That's the Blue Jay special.  They punch you in the gut early and knock the wind out of you before you can even get going.  If they can just get the bullpen into the game with a tie/lead then they've done their job and the Yanks will have a chance.  If not, it's probably going to be refreshing Twitter for Tanaka hamstring updates for the next two weeks before that one-game playoff.

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