Blue Jays at Yankees 6/26/19 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL East Division rivals will clash on Wednesday afternoon, when the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees wrap up their series in the Bronx. Last night, Toronto left two runners on base in the ninth inning of a 4-3 defeat. Teoscar Hernandez struck out in all four at-bats for the Blue Jays, who fell to 22 games below .500 overall.

Twenty-five year old righty Trent Thornton (2-5 4.25 ERA) will head to the hill for the Blue Jays in this contest. Through 82 plus innings, Thornton has fanned 87 batters and owns a 1.40 WHIP. The New York Yankees have won the first two games of this series by three runs total and are 16 games above .500 at home. On Tuesday, New York scored all four runs on solo home runs and have now gone deep in a MLB record 28 straight games. Aaron Judge connected on his sixth home run for the Yankees, who now lead Tampa Bay by six full games for first place.

The Yankees will counter with hard-throwing southpaw James Paxton (5-3 3.75 ERA) on Wednesday. Paxton has won consecutive starts, while striking out 14 batters and allowing three runs over his last 11 frames.