As colleague Jeff Blair pointed out, a lot of grist for mill seems to be coming out of New York in recent days, as the Mets angle for relevancy and the Yankees judiciously survey the market, seemingly in no rush to apply the league-wide levers they to some degree control.
As teams largely remain stuck in a mid-season version of winter free-agency mode – buyers trying to wait out sellers in an attempt to suppress acquisition costs – good chance things only get more stupid, or outrageous. Amid the backroom bargaining, the growing pains continue on the field for the Blue Jays as lefty Ryan Borucki, part of the developing core they’re seeking to build into a winner, was hit hard in his second start of the season.
One of the few bright spots for the Blue Jays during a dismal 2018, when he posted a 3.87 ERA over 97.2 innings, Borucki is facing “a transition again to major-league hitters” after missing half the year with elbow inflammation, said pitching coach Pete Walker.