The deal that brought Ross Stripling to Toronto was hardly a blockbuster, but his importance to the team has steadily increased. Now a member of the Blue Jays’ starting rotation, he’s more than holding his own start after start. ✍: bnicholsonsmith
The Tigers managed just one hit against Stripling, who faced the minimum over six scoreless innings. The right-hander struck out four without walking a batter before giving way to three Blue Jays relievers in need of some work: Yimi Garcia, Trent Thornton and Jordan Romano.
In the weeks leading up to this year’s trade deadline, the Blue Jays must still survey the market for starting pitching, of course. There’s no clear option ready behind Stripling, so getting a read on the available starters will be important should anything change. But at this point, the rotation isn’t a glaring need, creating the possibility that the front office can focus more on the bullpen and bench come July.
Bo Bichette’s been hitting at an elite level in recent weeks , a trend that continued in the fourth with a line-drive single that set up a loud 421-foot home run from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who now has 14 on the season.Along with Guerrero Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also had multi-hit games with Gurriel Jr. driving in three of the Jays’ six runs.
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