Blue Jays' who did not make the American League Division Series roster

The Blue Jays will take 13 pitchers and 13 position players into action against the Yankees.

The roster notably doesn't include three players battling injuries (Bo Bichette, Chris Bassitt, Ty France) and one prominent name in Max Scherzer.

Omitting Scherzer and Bassitt from the roster means that the Blue Jays seem to be locking into rookie Yesavage to start one game of the series, and then perhaps turning to a bullpen game in Game Four.

It wasn't long ago that the Jays seemed to have almost a surplus of postseason rotation candidates, between Gausman, Bieber, Scherzer, Bassitt, Lauer, Jose Berrios, and Yesavage waiting in the wings at Triple-A.

Toronto moved Lauer into a relief role at the start of September and also tapped Berrios for bullpen work late in the month, though a case of elbow inflammation sidelined Berrios and left his postseason availability up in the air.

Bassitt also hit the 15-day injured list on September 19 due to lower back tightness, but seemed to be on pace to be part of the ALDS roster.

It isn't yet known if Bassitt might've had some sort of setback in his ramp-up work, or if perhaps he or the Jays had enough uncertainty over his health that the team didn't want to take the risk of issuing Bassitt a roster spot.

If a player has to be removed from a postseason roster due to injury, the player is ineligible to play in the following series, so it could be that the Blue Jays didn't want to take the chance of losing Bassitt for the ALCS if the Jays defeat New York.