The beauty of avoiding the Wild Card game is that a day-one dud like Thursday’s can quickly be turned around. The Blue Jays will look to do exactly that when Marcus Stroman faces off against Cole Hamels in an early afternoon start today.
On the injury front, expect to hear some concrete updates on both Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista by mid-morning. Bautista, who exited the game in the eighth inning, was reportedly dealing with cramping and tightness in his hamstring. We’ve seen this before with Bautista, and manager John Gibbons expressed some optimism that he’ll be able to return tomorrow.