The Blue Jays’ rotation features bigger names and bigger arms than
The 13 balls in play allowed by Roark averaged an exit velocity of just 85.5 mph, lower than his average in any of the past five seasons, and well below 2019 (89.0 mph). Putting up five strikeouts with zero walks doesn’t hurt, either.\n\n“I feel like we have a chance to win every day, and I felt like we had a chance with Tanner taking the mound today. He was really good,” said manager Charlie Montoyo. “He’s an inning eater, so he did the same thing today. He was really good.”\n\nEven though Roark tends to hover right around 90 mph with his four-seam fastball, it might have been his best pitch up in the zone on Tuesday. The righty got five swinging strikes with the pitch and used it aggressively later in counts, creating some deception with his delivery to make up for the velocity.
**Vladdy has liftoff at last** \nGuerrero’s solo shot in the second inning was his first home run in 137 plate appearances, stretching back to Aug. 22 of last season. He was followed by Gurriel with another solo shot in the fourth, which gave the Blue Jays six runs on six solo home runs to kick off the series in D.C. Guerrero has been making some swing adjustments and looked uncomfortable Monday, but Montoyo thinks him watching
**New night, new bullpen look** \nOn Monday, it was