As Cleveland slowly starts to face more opponents outside of the AL Central, they will bring in another fresh face to Progressive Field in the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend. These two teams haven’t played each other since July 2019 when Cleveland took the series, 2-1, by a combined score of 13-5.
Things may not be so lopsided this time around. Toronto sits at 25-24 on the season — just two fewer wins than Cleveland but 5.5 games back in a much more competitive AL East. Their offense, led by a core group of young sluggers who will be around for the next half-decade at least, has racked up 241 runs to help them reach a +31 run differential on the season.