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- Updated: September 26, 2016
TORONTO — With so many moving parts in the American League East sweepstakes, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was in no position Monday to pinpoint his starting pitcher if his team wins an AL Wild Card berth.
But he certainly seemed to lean toward Aaron Sanchez. And given his druthers, he’d also like to have J.A. Happ ready in reserve.
“Maybe you’d need them both, who knows?” Gibbons said as he bantered with reporters about the vagaries of a pennant race that, for the Blue Jays, could go down to Sunday’s regular-season finale in Boston.
Entering Monday, the Blue Jays held a 1 1/2-game lead over Baltimore for the first AL Wild Card spot. On Tuesday at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays and Orioles open a three-game series that will have a huge impact on the outcome of the AL Wild Card race.
Sanchez (13-2, 3.12 ERA) will oppose Baltimore’s Kevin Gausman (8-11, 3.57) in the opener. Sanchez is also scheduled to start in Boston on Sunday, after Happ goes on Saturday.
If both the AL East and AL Wild Card races are settled before Sunday, Gibbons made it sound like he would …
