The Toronto Blue Jays will be without left-handed relief pitcher in their fifth and deciding game of the ALDS on Wednesday. Loup has been unavailable since prior to game four due to what manager John Gibbons referred to as a “personal matter”.
There’s a critical human element here, and it’s important that we don’t pay any mind to the knuckle-dragging cavemen that have called for Loup to “gut it out” or “man up”. That’s not what this is about, and Loup seems to have the full support of the organization. As he should.
If we can detach from that and look at the separate, less-important storyline on the field, this leaves the Blue Jays without a true left-handed reliever while facing a very lefty-heavy lineup.