We still have less than a week left of the regular season but the CL playoff match ups are set in stone regardless of the this week's outcomes. Jersey Shore on securing the Wild Card will travel to Toronto for the first 2 games of the opening round series in the CLDS. Though pitching staffs nor lineups have been set, we can look at the numbers and make some comparisons.
On the season Toronto holds a 5-4 advantage in the 9 games they played this season. Jersey finished 1-2 at home and 3-3 in Toronto in the games played. 2 games were played in May where TOR went 2-0 and the other 7 played in August where Jersey went 4-3 including taking 3 of 4 in Toronto.
6 of the 9 games were decided by 2 runs or less and in the other 3 the biggest winning margin was a 6-2 win Jersey had over Toronto. The teams played some very good, very close baseball.
On the hitting side of things here's how the 2 teams stack up:
Jersey Toronto
.276 Batting Avg .279
.367 OBP .357
.447 SLG .446
874 Runs 854
200 HR 171
Jersey holds a slight lead in hitting categories, now pitching categories:
Jersey Toronto
4.39 Stater's ERA 3.21
3.56 Bullpen ERA 3.52
735 Runs 556
498 BB 423
1325 K's 1224
Toronto holds a heavy edge in Starter's ERA and runs allowed while the other categories remain fairly close.
Even key injuries are close as we both have 2 on both sides. Toronto is missing SP Guillermo Mendoza (who has been lost for nearly the entire season) and more recently CL Jose Gomez. On the other hand Jersey Shore lost OF Peter Larson (2nd in CL in OBP) and MR Jose Ruiz.
This should be a fun series which includes a lot of star power on both sides. A couple of MVP candidates, a couple of Cy Young cadidates, former rookie of the year candidates as well as 2 of the best closers we have seen since the beginning of the BSA. When the rosters are released we will have a more in depth breakdown.
GO D-BAGS
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