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Game 2 of the 2025 American League Division Series is set for Sunday afternoon with the New York Yankees trying to dig themselves out of a hole after losing the opener against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Left-hander Max Fried (19-5, 2.86 ERA) gets the start for the Yankees after a scoreless outing in Game 1 of the wild card series against the Boston Red Sox. Rookie Trey Yesavage takes the mound for the Blue Jays having made just three MLB starts in the regular season.
“I’m built for this,” Yesavage told reporters, nothing that he feels “at the top of my game right now, which is exactly what this organization wanted. They monitored my innings and pitch count so I’m at my best come October.”
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What time is Yankees vs Blue Jays Game 2?
First pitch is at 4:08 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre In Toronto.
How to watch Yankees vs Blue Jays: TV channel, live stream
Sunday’s game will air on Fox Sports 1 TV and can be streamed with Fubo.
Yankees vs Blue Jays prediction, odds for Game 2Trent Grisham (L) CFAaron Judge (R) RFCody Bellinger (L) LFBen Rice (L) 1BGiancarlo Stanton (R) DHJazz Chisholm Jr. (L) 2BRyan McMahon (L) 3BAnthony Volpe (R) SSAustin Wells (L) CGeorge Springer (R) DHDavis Schneider (R) LFVladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1BAlejandro Kirk (R) CDaulton Varsho (L) CFErnie Clement (R) 3BIsiah Kiner-Falefa (R) 2BAndrés Giménez (L) SSMyles Straw (R) RF
Left-hander Max Fried (19-5, 2.86 ERA) starts for the Yankees in Game 2. He tossed 6 â…“ shutout innings in the firsst game of the AL wild card series against the Red Sox.
Fried signed an eight-year, $218 million free agent deal with the Yankees last winter after pitching eight seasons or the Atlanta Braves.
TORONTO — In his fourth MLB start, Blue Jays’ right-hander Trey Yesavage draws the Yankees in a playoff game.
It’s Game 2 of the AL Division Series, and the Yankees will try to get even in this best-of-five with veteran lefty Max Fried going against Toronto’s top prospect – a 2024 first-round draft pick out of East Carolina. The 6-foot-4 Yesavage, 22, has pitched just 14 big-league innings, not going more than five innings in any of his three MLB starts – two against Tampa Bay, one against Kansas City.
Veteran starters Chris Bassitt (back) and Max Scherzer (9.00 ERA last 6 starts) are not on the Jays’ ALDS roster, and Yesavage said he was “beyond floored” when manager John Schneider told him he’d pitch Game 2.
– Pete Caldera, NorthJersey.com
The Yankees acquired José Caballero from the Rays at the trade deadline and the speedy infielder delivered down the stretch with 15 steals and an .828 OPS in 40 games.
“It feels really good to fit in the group with so many stars, so many good players that are being proved in the league,” Caballero told reporters before Game 2. “Just being here is something that I take pride of just because being in this group is such an honor for me.
“It’s a complete team. I just add a little more speed. That’s pretty much it. That’s what I can see. But this team is just amazing, and I’m really proud to be here and to be around this group of guys.”