For me IMO best plans for the Blue Jays is yeah get Ohtani out..... Don't walk him..... Attack him make him swing get him tired.... The more you get him tired on the plate the better chance you have against him on the mound as it's unexpected. He's expecting to get walked and IMO wouldn't mind it to work less and concentrate on the mound..... Don't walk him attack, attack and attack and get him off balance early.
Maybe walk him later in the game but early in attack when he's in the box and lay it on him on the mound. Force Glasnow out in a tricky situation and lay it on some more. The bats just have to come alive again, maybe focus on AVG vs SLG to get the fire going and go from there. They also got Chris Bassitt so maybe he can close the game or be a bridge between Yasavage and Bieber or he could be put in to relieve Sherzer. If things get leaky though use your best arms to stop the leak. Also Bo and Vlady Jr need to get their mojo going and getting it going like they have never done in their life.
Get length from Sherzer but if he needs to empty the tank to get the job done let him do it and bring him out after the 4th or 5th or maybe 6.1+ for Yasavage, Bieber or whatever makes sense but don't be afraid to use Yasavage and Bieber early if need be. If Scherzer can reach 4 or 5 innings call it a win. The pitching can hold it down IMO but the bats really need to come alive for the Blue Jays to win and they need to go off like they did in Game 1.
For the Dodgers best plan is simply to have Ohtani dial in but don't over work him, build up that defense behind him. Sho will bring gas but on short rest in between starts he's not going to be 100% possibly to go long. Use Sasaki or Glasnow maybe not immediately but as soon as there is real trouble and go from there. Don't forget Snell and even Kershaw.
The Blue Jays I expect are going to be dialed in learning from tonights loss and well the only guy that has really given them trouble is Yamamoto otherwise they have showed the kinks in the Dodgers pitching in general...... So use your best when you need to and don't depend on the bullpen unless you absolutely must. If you need to have Glasnow or Sasaki relieve and close the game that may be the best option.
It would be ideal to use Glasnow for a Game 7 to start but then you really wouldn't be able to use Ohtani unless you took him out of the DH role since he didn't start the game in that scenario and the Ohtani-Rule wouldn't apply there. This is why in order to use Ohtanis arm and keep him as DH it's best IMO to use him to start and then go Glasnow or Sasaki etc etc or whatever makes sense from that point on and the Ohtani-Rule would apply allowing him to continue to DH since he would start the game in that scenario. Glasnow could be started and then Ohtani could be used as a bullpen arm and that is also possible but again a more risky option IMO but possibly viable...... Sho could be used as a reliever, removed as DH and then be put in the Outfield but that is probably the most bat shit crazy thing anyone can imagine or think of but at this point who the hell knows. Anything is possible
