Earlier in the evening it was announced that Donaldson, Edwin Encarnacion, and Marco Estrada had been elected to the upcoming MLB All-Star Game.
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As such, Estrada, who received cortisone shots on Monday to treat soreness in his back, will attend the all-star event, but he won’t pitch.
Thanks to a dazzling age-33 campaign, Blue Jays right-hander Marco Estrada should have been taking the hill for the AL All-Stars in this year’s Midsummer Classic.
“We just thought it was best”.
“Up and down the lineup, everybody is doing a good job”, manager John Gibbons said. “He’s feeling a little better but we don’t want to push it. We’ve got to worry about this team”. We made the decision for him. “I feel like I’ve let the team down and it’s awful”. It’s important to him. “But this is the priority right here”.
Estrada has been an anchor in Toronto’s rotation with a 2.93 earned-run average and 5-3 record through 16 starts. Gibbons also said that Estrada would not start Toronto’s games in Arizona on July 19 and 20 to avoid a recurrence of the injury.
“Aaron Sanchez and J.A. Happ have done extremely well and I really hope it’s one of them”, said Estrada. Also joining Estrada on the DL is Kansas City closer Wade Davis.
It’s all up to baseball fans whether Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Michael Saunders will suit up for the Major League Baseball all-star game in San Diego July 12.
Health concerns aside, the all-star nod should confirm to the rest of the baseball world what the Jays already know: The Jays have a tremendous starter in Estrada. “Missing all of a year ago was really hard on me, more mentally and emotionally than it was physically”.
“I have a list of four to five starters and four to five relievers”, Yost said. “What he has done, it’s like a magician out there”.
“I haven’t had much sleep just knowing that there might be a possibility I don’t get the opportunity to pitch in this game”.
Sanchez is 9-1, with a 2.94 ERA in 17 starts and is tied for the major-league lead in quality starts with the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw and the Cubs’ Jon Lester. “We’ve talked a bit about that. Kind of painted ourselves in a corner, haven’t we?” Hutchison’s last Jays start came on April 24. He was 3-3 with a 3.44 ERA in six starts in June, He took the 4-1 loss Thursday against Cleveland, allowing eight hits, one walk and three runs in seven innings. He has hit safely in 11 of his past 13 games, batting.
Joe Biagini took care of the back end behind Dickey, throwing two innings in relief while allowing one earned run and striking out a pair. It marked the eighth multihomer game of Donaldson’s career and the fifth time this season the Blue Jays have hit consecutive homers. “I think it just speaks for me being ready coming to the plate, having a plan, an idea of what I’m looking for”.
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“It’s not up to me, but if it were, I’d obviously pick a pitcher from this team”, Estrada said. I’m happy for the guys who are the starters and I’m happy to be a part of the whole scene that’s there.
