“It's been a long time coming.” While the win over the Rays was a collective exhale for an offence that had frustrations mount in recent days, the Blue Jays also received a lift from the performance of Hyun Jin Ryu.
Adam Cimber worked around a leadoff walk in the eighth while Jordan Romano, his velocity back up to season norms, nailed things down in the ninth.“It's been a long time coming,” said Jansen. “This team can really hit. It's still early and everybody's just getting in the swing of things now, myself included. It's great to be back and able to contribute.”
The left-hander’s average fastball velocity was up one m.p.h. and he topped out at 92.1, a slight boost that allowed for better separation between his changeup and curveball. More importantly, he commanded the ball much more effectively, which allowed him to keep the Rays down while the offence grinded to its outburst.
That Ryu’s return from a bout of forearm inflammation was paired with that of Jansen from an oblique injury was a happy coincidence. While Jansen’s importance to the club starts with his work behind the plate, his recent work with the bat suggested he’d turned a corner offensively and his production on that front was missed, too.
“One of the things that I did in the off-season was find out really who I was and then freedom came with that,” Jansen said before the game. “Obviously it was tough after the start going on the IL for a while, but that freedom I had in the beginning of the season, in spring training, at the end of last year figuring out who I was really helped me mentally. I'm looking to pick up where I left off with that.
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