The Boston Red Sox are looking like they will have a spot in the playoffs, sitting in the top Wildcard Spot. However, there might be one team that could be a nightmare of a matchup to face when pressing onto the World Series.
According to Fansided’s Zachary Rotman, that team is a division rival of theirs, the Toronto Blue Jays. The Sox have not had any luck in their series against them, and Rotman believes that could continue into the postseason.
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“The Boston Red Sox have played three series against the AL East-leading Blue Jays and have lost all three. They’ve gone 3-7 against the Jays overall, and if it weren’t for a 15-1 win against Toronto, they would’ve been a -15 in the run differential category. The Blue Jays have completely outplayed them for the most part,” Rotman wrote.
Rotman continued stating that the Sox’ biggest weakness this year is their trouble scoring, and they haven’t even faced the flamethrowers in the Blue Jays’ rotation this year.
“The story of the season series between these two teams is that outside of that aforementioned 15-1 win, the Red Sox have had a hard time scoring. That one game is responsible for nearly a third of the team’s runs scored against Toronto this season, which is a bad look. What makes that fact even worse is that Max Scherzer and Shane Bieber, arguably the two best starters the Jays have to offer right now, have combined to make zero starts against Boston,” Rotman stated.
Honestly, the Blue Jays might truly be the Sox’s worst nightmare. However, they’ve been on a roll recently, and haven’t played Toronto since the end of June, when the Sox had yet to start heating up. This post-deadline team is much different, and the outcome between the two squads could go either way.
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