Pitching to Yordan Alvarez is no fun for anybody, but especially not for Toronto Blue Jays righty Chris Bassitt.
Even before Wednesday’s game against the Houston Astros, his career numbers against the slugger were sub-optimal, albeit on a small sample size. After the game, the sample size increased but the numbers got worse.
Alvarez went 4-for-5 in the game with two home runs and three RBI, and three of those hits came off Bassitt, including the third-inning home run and an RBI double in the fourth inning. Once the fourth ended, Bassitt had a few words for Alvarez.
This was awesome. Bassitt was like white flag big man. pic.twitter.com/JuKieyTCiV
— Shea Van Hoy (@SheaVanHoy) April 4, 2024
Lip-readers think he said “you’re [expletive] killing me, man.”
If that is what he said, he would be right. Alvarez is now 8-for-18 with five home runs in his career against Bassitt.