KANSAS CITY -- The announcement may have come a little late, but Marco Estrada was always an ideal choice to kick off this American League Championship Series for the Blue Jays, partly because Kauffman Stadium plays favorably to his fly-ball tendencies and largely because it allowed Toronto's starters to stay on normal rest. But look a little closer and you'll notice an overriding aspect to this, something Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar touched on during Thursday's workout.
"He's arguably been our best pitcher all year," Pillar said of Estrada before Friday's Game 1, set for 7:30 p.