Toronto Blue Jays know Tyler Glasnow better than the Los Angeles Dodgers think
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The Toronto Blue Jays are very familiar with Tyler Glasnow from his days with the Tampa Bay Rays and they've had success against him in the past.
The Blue Jays are in Los Angeles for Game 3 of the World Series on tonight and the series is tied at 1-1.
The Blue Jays' offence exploded on the Dodgers' pitchers in Game 1 on Friday in an 11-4 win.
The Jays beat Blake Snell who had thrown eight one-hit innings against the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.
He didn't face a single runner in scoring position and faced the minimum number of hitters over the eight innings.
The Jays used their aggressively selective approach at the plate and blew things open with a nine-run sixth inning.
Tonight Tyler Glasnow will face Blue Jays veteran Max Scherzer.
Glasnow started Game 3 against the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS, so it is not a surprise that he is lined up for Game 3 in the World Series.
He went 5 2/3 innings allowing only three hits and one run while walking three and striking out eight for a no-decision in a 3-1 win.
Blue Jays have seen Glasnow quite a bit in his career and have had success against him
The Blue Jays have seen Glasnow quite a bit in his career. They have faced him in 11 starts and he is 1- 4 with a 5.82 ERA in those starts.
Glasnow is tough to hit. He is 6'8» and his extension to the plate is 7.6 feet.
He releases the ball closer to the plate than just about anyone in the major leagues.
His perceived velocity is greater than his actual velocity because of that.
He has an electric four seam fastball that he uses 35 per cent of the time.
He throws the sinker 21 per cent of the time and he uses both the curveball and slider at 22 per cent.
That being said the Blue Jays are and excellent fastball hitting team so they need to jump on it when they get it, because his secondary stuff is nasty.
The push-pull is that Blue Jays have done most of their damage this October early in plate appearances:
Also Glasnow doesn't hold runners very well, so try to steal some bases.
The Jays need to make him throw strikes because he will walk his share of hitters as it's tough to repeat a delivery as tall as he is.
Blue Jays will undoubtedly try to be patient against Tyler Glasnow and force him onto the plate. Glasnow's first-pitch zone rate this postseason is 54.3% - lowest among LAD SP and within bottom 40% of playoff SP
If they can get Glasnow out of the game by driving up his pitch count, it's advantage Blue Jays.
The Dodgers bullpen (6.16 ERA) is horrendous and you can guarantee Blue Jays batters will exploit them if they see them early in the game.
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