SIMMONS: Estrada shows his worth to Blue Jays
When Marco Estrada walked to the mound Sunday night, there was so much unknown, about him, about what’s left or not left of this Blue Jays playoff season, about the future, immediate and otherwise.
So much surrounding a pitcher of little pedigree, who preceded this Blue Jays team to greatness by a month or two. He came from almost nowhere — OK, Milwaukee — to do what he had never done before, before his teammates lined up and began operating the same way. In this season and again Sunday night.
And now questions and short-term celebration. Until Monday afternoon. Questions about this series. About this Blue Jays roster. About what to think today and what to think tomorrow. And in particular, a question that hasn’t been central all that often but seems central today: Will Estrada be a Blue Jay next season?
Was his dominant start Sunday night the last of this Jays historic season or in Estrada’s case, the last of his one and only season in Toronto? The theme at the od
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