Article: Yankees-Blue Jays ALDS Game Two Thread, By The Numbers

[Brock Beauchamp]

Toronto and New York play ALDS Game 2 today at Rogers Centre (4:08pm start time), one day after Toronto won Game 1 by a 10–1 score. 

The starters are left-hander Max Fried for the Yankees and right-hander Trey Yesavage for the Blue Jays. Fried ended the regular season with a 2.86 ERA and 189 strikeouts, while Yesavage posted a 3.21 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 14 innings and three starts. 

Fried also held a 3.07 FIP with a 23.6 percent strikeout rate, 6.4 percent walk rate, and 0.65 home runs per nine. Opponents hit .223 with a .279 BABIP against him.  In game two of the Wild Card around against the Red Sox, he worked 6 1/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts and three walks. 

Max Fried vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Current Batters Table

Rk	Player	B	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	R	20	20	5	3	0	0	5	0	3	.250	.250	.400	.650	0	0	0	0	0
2	George Springer	R	17	15	5	2	0	1	1	2	0	.333	.412	.667	1.078	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ernie Clement	R	15	15	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.533	.867	0	0	0	0	0
4	Alejandro Kirk	R	15	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.154	.267	.154	.421	0	0	0	0	1
5	Bo Bichette	R	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	0	0	0	0	0
6	Davis Schneider	R	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ty France	R	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
8	Myles Straw	R	10	9	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.222	.300	.333	.633	0	0	0	0	0
9	Anthony Santander	B	9	7	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	.286	.444	.714	1.159	0	0	0	0	0
10	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	R	8	8	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	1
11	Leo Jiménez	R	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0
12	Nathan Lukes	L	6	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.400	.333	.400	.733	0	1	0	0	0
13	Daulton Varsho	L	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
14	Andrés Giménez	L	5	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tyler Heineman	B	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
16	Addison Barger	L	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

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Generated 10/5/2025.

Yesavage enters with only three regular season starts on his resume. He has never faced the Yankees, so has no previous stats against their hitters. Yesavage's ascension has been well-documented here in the past; he has played at five levels of the Blue Jays organization this season, and is now starting a home game in the Division Series.

With Fried being a lefty starter, here are the 2025 stats for all Blue Jays hitters with at least 50 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers.

Results Table

Rk	I	Player	Split	Year	G	OPS	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1		Tyler Heineman	vs LHP	2025	30	1.007		50	43	7	17	4	0	1	8	1	0	3	6	.395	.449	.558	24	1	2	1	1	0	0	.432	159	186
2		Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	vs LHP	2025	70	.946		159	135	25	44	8	0	6	24	1	1	23	20	.326	.428	.519	70	2	1	0	0	4	0	.349	124	170
3		Ernie Clement	vs LHP	2025	97	.900		187	175	28	57	19	1	6	18	2	0	8	19	.326	.351	.549	96	0	0	2	2	1	0	.336	150	153
4		Bo Bichette	vs LHP	2025	67	.891		139	130	21	40	10	0	7	31	1	1	7	14	.308	.345	.546	71	5	1	0	1	2	1	.300	110	150
5		George Springer	vs LHP	2025	70	.836		149	122	21	31	3	0	8	17	1	0	21	31	.254	.361	.475	58	4	1	0	3	1	0	.267	75	137
6		Alejandro Kirk	vs LHP	2025	69	.765		144	127	9	35	6	0	4	20	0	0	15	19	.276	.347	.417	53	2	0	0	2	1	0	.292	99	118
7		Davis Schneider	vs LHP	2025	62	.708		128	107	18	23	4	0	4	15	1	0	19	37	.215	.344	.364	39	1	2	0	0	0	3	.288	79	103
8		Daulton Varsho	vs LHP	2025	32	.701		56	50	6	13	0	0	2	7	0	0	4	14	.260	.321	.380	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	.314	82	100
9		Nathan Lukes	vs LHP	2025	37	.697		53	42	7	10	3	1	0	6	0	0	6	12	.238	.340	.357	15	1	1	3	1	0	0	.323	93	100
10		Myles Straw	vs LHP	2025	76	.683		146	133	17	36	9	0	1	15	3	1	10	28	.271	.322	.361	48	2	0	3	0	0	2	.337	101	95
11		Addison Barger	vs LHP	2025	55	.607		89	83	10	18	5	1	1	8	0	1	6	27	.217	.270	.337	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.309	64	73
12		Andrés Giménez	vs LHP	2025	51	.495		86	80	6	14	4	0	1	8	2	0	4	18	.175	.233	.263	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	.213	66	42
13		Anthony Santander	vs LHP	2025	28	.442		55	48	6	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	7	20	.146	.255	.188	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	58	30

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Generated 10/5/2025.

Yesterday’s dominant 10-1 win put Toronto ahead in the series. According to Sarah Langs, teams that win game one of a best-of-five series win the series 72.4% of the time.

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