Blue Jays vs Yankees discussion

Big series this weekend for both teams.

Yanks come into the series hot, but are coming off an intense series with Houston, and are travelling from another time zone with 0 days rest. I've heard reports that they arrived back into NY late last night after a night game.

I checked the Yank's record in this situation (travelling with 0 days rest), and they are 5-13 in this situation this year.

BJs on the other hand have had 1 day off after the Cincy series. I see a big situational advantage for the Jays here, but the poor bullpen pitching for the Jays is keeping me off for now as well, Gausman has some poor numbers against a few of the Yankee batters.

Leaning Jays here though. Open to the forum's thoughts.

It seems like this is a spot where Blue Jays blow it!

The Yankees landed at 5 am this morning, they mentioned during the broadcast today. 

Having to play another 1 pm day game on Saturday can't be a good spot either for the Yanks. Jays are fresh and had a nice warmup series with the reds looking ahead to this division series.

Jay's at +135 tomorrow sets up for good value 

 Be careful, Bassitt on the road is crap though

@iceman2003

 Thanks, im well aware of Bassitt and his struggles. He does, for some reason pitch well against the Yanks. I think we can get a decent effort out of Bassit, and the Jays pen should be very well rested with Gausman pitching 8 innings tonight.

Chris Bassitt has a record of 5-1 with an ERA of 2.26 and 61 strikeouts in 8 appearances versus the Yankees in his career

Here are some recent specific game logs against the Yankees:

July 23, 2025: Won 8-4 against the Yankees, pitching 7.1 innings.
July 3, 2025: Allowed 3 hits against the Yankees.
April 27, 2025: Allowed 3 hits against the Yankees.
June 29, 2024: Allowed 3 hits against the Yankees.
April 15, 2024: Allowed 3 hits against the Yankees.

Value in the Jays today more so on the over 9.5

Gil gives up a fair amount of walks, Jay’s bats make a lot of contact ( 1st in the AL) and if they can jam him up early and get some runs in and in to the Yankees weak pen

Volpe & Dominguez have good numbers against Bassit and a few others on the roster are quite capable of taking him out of park. If he can limit the damage over 5-7innings and keep them out of the stinking bullpen.

Gil 2+ walks should be free money 

Bassit on the road lately = Jays losses..    thunder showers expected at 4pm..  hopefully the game will be done by then  

Gil was free