With a week remaining before the August 2 trade deadline, the Blue Jays are the hottest team in baseball. They need more help, and are pursuing it, but still. It’s a good place to be. bnicholsonsmith has more on another lopsided victory.
Even beyond the action on the field, Blue Jays fans had plenty to celebrate Tuesday. Making his final trip to Toronto as an active player, Albert Pujols received an extended ovation from Blue Jays fans in the first inning .
The ovation for Pujols was later surpassed by the warm welcome fans and players gave Sportsnet broadcaster Buck Martinez, who returned to the booth for the first time since stepping away for cancer treatments in April., he was reasonably effective for 5.2 innings in his first start of the second half. He struck out seven despite inducing just eight whiffs on the evening, relying heavily on his curveball and topping out at 96.4 m.p.h. with his fastball.
On the plus side, Kikuchi would allow the Blue Jays to give their other starters another day of rest. But realistically, his fastball command has been erratic nearly all year. Expecting a single rehab start to change that would be asking a lot of Kikuchi, who was officially placed on the injured list with a neck strain on July 6. Still, this team needs arms, and starting Kikuchi once before the trade deadline would provide the front office with a little more information.
Along those lines, the work is ongoing for the Blue Jays, who have their eyes on deadline reinforcements around the league. Pitching looks like their biggest priority, though the asking price on, the top starter known to be available, is believed to be extremely high. As you’d expect, the Blue Jays have also been scouting the Cubs this week – a match on paper with trade candidates David Robertson, Drew Smyly and Ian Happ.
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