Stars align for Toronto Blue Jays starting pitching versus the New York Yankees

Blue Jays lefty Eric Lauer held his own in a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

As the Blue Jays head home to Rogers Centre here are what the pitching matchups against the New York Yankees will look like according to Sportsnet's Arden Zwelling.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Thursday that Scherzer's right thumb "feels better today" following his start Wednesday against the Guardians than it did following the pitcher's final rehab start, Arden Zwelling reports.

Scherzer threw 83 pitches (eight more than he did in his last rehab outing) Wednesday in Cleveland and said he could've thrown 10 more, if needed.

It's good news, as both Scherzer and the Blue Jays weren't sure how the thumb was going to respond.

As long as the thumb continues to bounce back well, Scherzer will be allowed to keep increasing his workload moving forward.

In his las outing Kevin Gausman (6-6) earned the win over the Guardians, allowing just two hits and a walk over eight scoreless innings. He struck out six.

It was a stellar bounce-back effort from Gausman, who gave up seven runs in 4.1 innings during his last start against the Diamondbacks.

It's the third time that Gausman's made it through eight innings this season.

He lowered his ERA to 4.21 with a 1.06 WHIP and 90:25 K:BB across 16 starts (94 innings).

Berrios (4-3) earned the win Friday against the Red Sox, giving up no runs on four hits and one walk in seven innings. He struck out eight.

Jose Berrios fanned at least eight in his last outing for the first time since May 29, and he's now up to 11 quality starts on the campaign.

Seven of those efforts have come in his last eight outings, during which the veteran right-hander boasts a 2.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 40:13 K:BB across these last 50 frames.

Bassitt (7-4) took the loss against the Red Sox on Saturday, allowing nine runs (eight earned) on eight hits and four walks while striking out three across two-plus innings.

Bassitt entered Saturday's game against the Bosox having logged three quality starts over his last four outings.

As you probably remember that momentum came to a crashing halt, as the veteran right-hander gave up three runs in each of the three innings he pitched, recording just six outs while tossing 70 pitches (44 strikes).

The eight earned runs Bassitt gave up Saturday were as many as he yielded over his previous three starts combined, which inflates his ERA to 4.29 and WHIP to 1.36 across 94.1 innings this season.

He'll look to get back on track in his next start against the Yankees at Rogers Centre on Thursday.

With the Blue Jays 3 games back in the American League East, a sweep of the Yankees means top spot in the divison.