Article: Blue Jays-Yankees ALDS Game Three Preview By The Numbers

[Brock Beauchamp]

The series shifts to Yankee Stadium Tuesday night with Toronto up 2–0 after a 13–7 win on Sunday; the Blue Jays have outscored New York 23–8 across the first two games. First pitch is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET. 

Carlos Rodón gets the ball for New York. He finished the regular season with a 2.61 ERA and worked six innings in the Wild Card Series Game 2, allowing 3 runs with 6 strikeouts. His profile remains fastball–slider heavy, with the changeup as the third look; his 2025 pitch selection skews toward the four-seamer and slider, and posted a 3.78 FIP in the regular season. 

Toronto counters with Shane Bieber, whose regular-season line included a 3.57 ERA, but in only 40 1/3 innings as he recovered from injury. Toronto aligned its rotation to give Bieber the Game 3 start at Yankee Stadium after using Trey Yesavage in Game 2; Bieber has previously pitched there in October, striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball in the 2022 ALDS. Bieber’s repertoire centers on a four-seam/slider/curveball mix.  

Yankees hitters in September were led by Aaron Judge, who closed the month batting .370 with a 1.292 OPS and 10 home runs. Ben Rice finished September with impact swings, including a go-ahead grand slam on September 21 in Baltimore and a two-homer game on September 28 against the Orioles. 

Shane Bieber vs. New York Yankees: 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	Aaron Judge	R	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0	0
2	Giancarlo Stanton	R	9	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	0	0	1
3	Anthony Volpe	R	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	Paul Goldschmidt	R	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	Cody Bellinger	L	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	L	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ryan McMahon	L	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
8	Amed Rosario	R	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

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For Toronto, George Springer entered October off a three-month surge that included a .663 slugging percentage in September. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. supplied middle-order thump down the stretch, posting a season wOBA of .366 and xwOBA of .396. Alejandro Kirk and Daulton Varsho rounded out the September core that set up Toronto’s early-round outburst. 

Carlos Rodón 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	George Springer	R	31	26	5	1	0	2	6	4	5	.192	.323	.462	.784	0	0	0	1	0
2	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	R	21	17	10	3	0	1	5	4	0	.588	.667	.941	1.608	0	0	0	0	1
3	Bo Bichette	R	15	14	4	2	0	0	2	1	3	.286	.333	.429	.762	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ernie Clement	R	13	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alejandro Kirk	R	13	11	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	.273	.385	.545	.930	0	0	0	1	0
6	Davis Schneider	R	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	.182	.308	.273	.580	0	0	0	1	0
7	Myles Straw	R	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.091	.231	.091	.322	0	0	0	0	1
8	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	R	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	0	0	0	2	1
9	Daulton Varsho	L	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	.333	.429	.500	.929	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ty France	R	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0
11	Joey Loperfido	L	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
12	Leo Jiménez	R	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0
13	Anthony Santander	B	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	1	0
14	Addison Barger	L	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tyler Heineman	B	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
16	Jonatan Clase	B	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

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Generated 10/7/2025.

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