Chisholm went 1-for-2 with a walk and two stolen bases in a loss to Houston on Thursday.
Springer went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Thursday's loss to the Royals.
Cole (7-7) took the loss against the Astros on Thursday, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk in six innings. He struck out five.
Arrighetti (7-7) took the loss against the Royals on Thursday, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out four.
The Blue Jays transferred Clase (foot) to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Smith (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Schmidt (elbow) is expected to begin a rehab assignment Saturday, Meredith Marakovits of YES Network reports.
Lorenzen signed a major-league contract with the Blue Jays on Thursday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Gimenez is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest versus the Royals.
Bateman is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Royals.
We've had flashbacks to the 1980 ALCS when the favored Yankees found themselves on the wrong end of a three-game sweep, including the clinching Game 3 for KC, when George Brett's 3-run homer off of Goose Gossage in the 7th inning put the Royals ahead to stay. After getting shelled in the first two games in Toronto, NY is on the ropes again. Shane Bieber, with a 2.60 ERA in his last three starts, is also a good option on the mound for Toronto in a close-out game. Aaron Boone has to worry that beyond the five or six innings Carlos Rodon can likely give him tonight with his bullpen mostly ineffective in this series. Play Blue Jays on the Money Line.
Even with it being an elimination game for the Yankees, the bullpen for the Bronx Bombers has hit a rough patch, and I don't foresee Aaron Boone making a huge move early unless Carlos Rodon is seriously on the ropes. If that happens, we'll hope a little bit of the trouble comes from walks. In the two starts that Rodon faced Toronto earlier this year, he walked five and three batters, with just five innings covered in each. With how hot the Blue Jays' righties have been hitting, it wouldn't surprise me to see an intentional walk somewhere with two outs to get Rodon against a lefty such as Daulton Varsho.
