PT TOMORROW: AL East—Looking ahead to 2019: rotations and bullpens

Toronto Blue Jays

Much of the latter half of the Blue Jays' season has been an open casting call for the starting rotation. Marcus Stroman (RHP, TOR) and Aaron Sanchez (RHP, TOR), who had his best start since returning from a finger injury in a hard-luck loss to the Red Sox Sept. 25 (7 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 6 K).

Youngsters Ryan Borucki (LHP, TOR), Sam Gaviglio (RHP, TOR), Thomas Pannone (LHP, TOR) and Sean Reid-Foley (RHP, TOR) have all had their moments, most recently Reid-Foley racking up 10 strikeouts in five scoreless innings (2 H, 5 BB).

Gaviglio has displayed the strongest skills (4.19 xERA, 100 BPV), though as Starting Pitching analyst Stephen Nickrand noted, he needs to find a way to improve his effectiveness against left-handed...

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