The Happy Birthday Kate GameThread

The Blue Jays are facing three starting pitchers with ERAs lower than our best pitcher. What could go wrong?

Here's a little update on the Jays' only Top 10 pick not yet signed:

Griffin Conine is close to signing with #BlueJays, but they’re still working through details. He’s ready to get to work, though: "I’m planning on proving that I was the best 52nd-overall pick in the history of the draft. That’s my plan."

— Scott Mitchell (@ScottyMitchTSN) June 15, 2018

Here are tonight's lineups. Hernandez is back up in the lead off spot, Smoak stays at second and Morales is batting cleanup.

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