GDB 139.0: Toronto Blue Jays send youthful lineup out for finale against Twins

The Blue Jays are sending a young lineup into the field Sunday afternoon for their series finale against the Minnesota Twins.

There’s no sign of the Blue Jays’ big guns in the lineup: no Vladimir Guerrero Jr., no George Springer, no Alejandro Kirk and no Daulton Varsho.

Instead, Nathan Lukes will bat leadoff, with Ernie Clement, Spencer Horwitz, Addison Barger and Leo Jimenez filling out the other top five spots. Joey Loperfido, Davis Schneider, Luis De Los Santos and Brian Serven will round out the rest of the lineup.

It’s the time of year for teas like the Jays, sitting well out of the playoff picture, to let the kids play. Sunday’s lineup also marks a stark contrast to the lineups seen earlier in the season, when the Jays tabled one of the older lineups in all of baseball with the likes of Justin Turner, Kevin Kiermaier, Daniel Vogelbach and Isiah Kiner-Falefa getting lots of playing time.

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First pitch: 2:10 p.m. EST.

TV & Radio: Sportsnet, SN590.

Odds via Bet365:

Moneyline: TOR +220; MIN -270.
Spread: TOR +1.5 +110; MIN -1.5 -130.
Over/Under: o8 -105; u8 -115.

*Odds at the time of publishing. Odds subject to change.

Starting pitchers:

Name	Team	GS	W	L	IP	ERA	xERA	ERA-	FIP	WHIP	K/9	BB/9
Yariel Rodríguez	TOR	16	1	6	65.1	4.82	4.12	120	4.50	1.36	9.09	4.27
Bailey Ober	MIN	25	12	6	142.0	4.06	3.53	101	3.87	1.04	9.32	2.28

Lineups:

BLUE JAYS:

1. W Castro (S) CF
2. J Miranda (R) 1B
3. M Wallner (L) DH
4. R Jeffers (R) C
5. T Larnach (L) LF
6. R Lewis (R) 3B
7. M Kepler (L) RF
8. B Lee (S) SS
9. E Julien (L) 2B

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Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.

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