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Originally Posted by JayP
All the Jays need from Dickey is a decent start today and the Jays are in really good shape.
Chris Young is an extreme fly ball pitcher - high fly ball percentage in the league. Obviously, he's homer prone as well. This is basically the worst possible match-up versus the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. The key is to just get baserunners on and make sure those homers aren't solo shots. Young has a pretty poor walk rate so hopefully the Jays can maintain a patient approach and make him pay for any mistakes.
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On paper it's lopsided, but when he pitched against the Jays last year (in Safeco, mind you) he looked flat out dominant against a lot of the Jays hitters.
It will not be a walk in the park against Young, despite the average stuff. He changes speeds, much like Estrada, and the Jays will need to have a very patient approach to him today to have any success.