Thanks to the presence of their ace and American League strikeout leader Kevin Gausman, the Toronto Blue Jays had an easy choice for their Game 1 starter in the wild-card series.
Game 2 was a bit of a different story.
The Blue Jays had two valid options in José Berríos and Chris Bassitt — plus a defensible off-the-board pick in Yusei Kikuchi if the team felt strongly about exploiting the Twins' relative weakness to southpaw pitching.
Considering Kikuchi has significant bullpen utility, and he didn't finish the season on a particularly high note with a 4.