Daulton Varsho profiles as a strong contender to punish Bassitt today as a left-handed slugger who crushes the sinker. As mentioned before, Bassitt owns a .917 OSP against lefties this year, and the sinker-ball in particular has been victimized.

Last night, the Blue Jays faced off against the Baltimore Orioles. They did so with a bullpen of relievers on the mound. So it was a tough challenge. We say a bullpen, but Austin Voth (a AAA starter) was there.

Charles McAdoo homered for his first career hit, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. belted a two-run go-ahead double in the eighth inning and the Blue Jays returned to the .500 mark after rallying from five runs down in a 6-5 victory over the Orioles on Friday night at Camden Yards.

Orioles squander 5-run lead as Rogers, Cano wilt in 6-5 loss to Blue Jays

BALTIMORE — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to cap a furious Toronto rally, and the Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night. Toronto trailed 5-0 at the start of the seventh and had managed only two hits before Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff — which had been better of late — unraveled.

Doctors are studying the imaging done on reliever Yennier Cano’s right hamstring and the Orioles are waiting to learn more about the degree of his injury. Cano exited last night’s game with the bases loaded and no outs in the eighth inning after experiencing tightness in the hamstring.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz didn’t dodge the question. He didn’t obfuscate like many managers, himself included, often do. Instead, Albernaz on Friday did something big league managers rarely do: He admitted he made a mistake.

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Bassitt made his first start against his former team, the Toronto Blue Jays, since leaving after last season.