The baseball gods have blessed us with a regular season clash of two teams clinging to the absolute center of the mediocrity scale, as the 76-77 Toronto Blue Jays head to Globe Life Field to meet the 76-76 Texas Rangers at 8:05 PM EDT on MLB.TV. Toronto brings a slightly shinier .249 team batting average into this air-conditioned Texas dome, while the Rangers counter with a slightly sadder .244 mark but a much happier 42-32 home record. If you enjoy watching two franchises politely fight over who gets to finish exactly one game above .500, this is your personal World Series.
Toronto is handing the ball to right-hander Dylan Cease, who has racked up an elite 2.38 ERA and a ridiculous 236 strikeouts over 166.1 innings, though his 72 walks suggest he still occasionally pitches like he is trying to hit a moving vehicle on the highway. Cease will anchor a Blue Jays pitching staff that boasts a 3.92 ERA, which looks downright microscopic compared to the Rangers' bloated 4.30 mark, even with Toronto missing Luis Urias on the 10-Day IL and Trey Yesavage on the 15-Day IL. Head over to StreakChat to lock in your pick and tell us if Cease will dominate or walk the ballpark.