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Go inside the numbers and matchups that will decide Monday nights game, and then vote for which team will win at the bottom of the page.What we learned in Game 2Josh Tomlin was very good, Andrew Miller struck out five of the six batters he faced, and Cody Allen threw a 1-2-3 ninth as the Indians beat the Blue Jays 2-1, taking the first two games. Indians pitchers have 25 strikeouts in the first two games.?-- David SchoenfieldInside the pitching matchupWhen?Marcus Stroman?is on the mound:?Stroman started the wild-card game against the Orioles, giving up two runs in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks, but didnt start in the division series sweep of the Rangers. Stroman is fun to watch, a short righty with a six-pitch repertoire. He has gone to his sinker and cutter more this year, throwing those pitches more than 50 percent of the time, while mixing in his fastball, curve, slider and changeup. His game is all about keeping the ball down and getting grounders -- he had the highest ground ball rate of any qualified starter in the majors. He has been very good his past 14 starts, posting a 3.23 ERA and giving up eight home runs in 89? innings.Against the Orioles, Stroman threw 44 percent cutters and 32 percent sinkers, not throwing a single four-seam fastball. He had a similar game plan against the Indians back in August, throwing just one fastball against them in 100 pitches. During the season he threw his fastball 22 percent of the time, but hes at his best when the sinker is working or the cutter gets in on lefties. --?SchoenfieldWhen?Trevor Bauer?is on the mound:?Bauer was scheduled to start Game 2 before cutting his right pinkie finger fixing his drone, requiring stitches and forcing the Indians to push him back to this game. Yes, this never happened to Sandy Koufax or Bob Gibson. As Buster Olney wrote the other day, aside from how Bauer will be able to pitch with the stitches, another issue that could potentially pop up is if the stitches start bleeding and blood gets on the ball and whether the umpires will view that as a foreign substance.The good news for the Indians is that Bauer wont need to go deep into the game. Outside of Andrew Miller and Cody Allen, the bullpen has barely been used, with Bryan Shaw pitching 2 2/3 innings and Dan Otero one inning. Well almost certainly see Otero, who had a 1.53 ERA, and perhaps Zach McAllister and Jeff Manship.As for Bauer, he had one hot streak through early July, but finished with a 4.26 ERA, including 6.39 in September. He went 4 2/3 innings in his playoff start against the Red Sox, finishing with six strikeouts and no walks but serving up two home runs on a night the ball was flying at Progressive Field -- as it often does. Bauer allowed 15 of his 20 home runs at home, although the ball also tends to fly out at Rogers Centre.Bauer works off a fastball that averages 93.2 mph, preferring to work middle-away to both lefties and righties. He works up in the zone with the fastball, which led to a .447 slugging percentage allowed on the pitch. You know Blue Jays hitters will be looking to feast off some of those high fastballs. He adds a curveball, cutter and changeup, with the curveball his go-to wipeout pitch -- batters hit .134/.145/.221 with a 45 percent strikeout rate against it.Player in the spotlightJose Bautista. Hes hitless in his past 14 at-bats after starting the postseason with home runs his first two games. He hit just .223 against fastballs this year so lets see if Bauer and the bullpen challenge him with hard stuff. -- SchoenfieldDid you know ...Bauer faced the Blue Jays twice in the regular season, holding Toronto to a .476 OPS against his fastball, his lowest OPS against any team that he faced multiple times. Just 3.2 percent of his fastballs were hard-hit by the Blue Jays, and they missed on 28 percent of those pitches, all his best marks. -- ESPN Stats & InformationWhat will decide Monday nights gameBauer getting the Blue Jays to chase breaking stuff. Bauer threw just 78 pitches in his only start this postseason, 27 of which (35 percent) were breaking balls. Bauer used his breaking ball on fewer than 20 percent of pitches during the regular season. Despite the small sample size in the postseason, batters chased 50 percent (8 of 16) of his breaking balls outside the strike zone. Will Bauer adjust his approach against the Blue Jays? Toronto swung at 26 percent of breaking balls outside the strike zone during the regular season, the lowest chase rate in the majors against the pitch. -- ESPN Stats & InformationChoosing sides: Who will win?? Torontos slug-happy lineup was a no-show during the two games in Cleveland, but the Blue Jays will be reinvigorated by a return to Rogers Centre. The Stroman-Bauer matchup is advantageous for Toronto, and the Jays offense will do enough to grind out a win and climb back in the series. -- Jerry CrasnickThe Blue Jays will finally start hitting Monday night. They always hit better at Rogers Centre and against the droned Bauer, it probably will continue to be that way. Toronto has too good of an offense to stay down for too much longer. I think they will get to Bauer and hand the Indians their first loss of the postseason. -- Andrew MarchandWhere the series standsOnly one team -- the 2004 Red Sox -- has rallied from a 3-0 series deficit, so this one certainly has a must-win feel to it for the Blue Jays, especially with Terry Francona threatening to bring Corey Kluber back in Game 4.?--?SchoenfieldAir Max 1 Sale Nederland . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Nike Air Max 200 Nederland . According to a report from the Vancouver Province, the Lions are expected to replace former DC Rich Stubler with defensive backs coach Mark Washington. http://www.airmaxkopennederland.com/uitverkoop-air-max-270/max-270-react.html . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph. Nike Air Max 95 Sale Nederland .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. Nike Air Max 270 Heren Sale . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season.Sometimes summer comes and goes with little impact in fantasy outside of the latter rounds of drafts. That sure wasnt the case this summer in the NBA, with stars like Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade changing locales. Victor Oladipo, Serge Ibaka, Pau Gasol and Derrick Rose were among others on the move.Those signings and trades impacted not only the players fantasy values for the coming season, but also those of the teams they left and joined.Add to all of that an NBA draft that produced a few players who should make some level of impact as rookies, and I had to make quite a few changes to my 2016-17 fantasy basketball rankings, based on season-long rotisserie formats.Lets take an early look at the top 130 fantasy basketball players for this season. As always, I value your feedback, so feel free to hit me up @AtomicHarpua.My top four remain the same, but the order is different. In my last set of rankings, I had Stephen Curry at the top, followed by Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. As I noted at the time, Curry, coming off of his mind-blowing 2015-16 campaign, had to stay No. 1, but the other three players could be swapped around, based on your personal expectations or drafting game plan.However, there is no way to get around the fact that as teammates, Curry and Durant will put a cap on each others upside. The big question is just how much they will be capped. I dropped them down to only Nos. 3 and 4, respectfully, so I expect both players to remain stellar fantasy assets. In fact, working with each other should raise their field-goal percentages and efficiency even further.With that pair sliding down a couple of notches, the big debate in my mind was whether Westbrook or Harden belonged at No. 1.The case for Harden is that as great as he has been in fantasy, offensive-minded coach Mike DAntoni could push the star to a new level this season. It would be shocking if Harden doesnt average more than 30 points and three 3-pointers per game.As for Westbrook, weve seen him rack up massive triple-doubles whenever Durant was forced to miss games in recent seasons. So fantasy folks should be drooling at the idea of Westbrook being unleashed on his own for an entire campaign. Could he be the first player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double for a season?I give the edge to Westy, because he brings more to the table in dimes, boards and swipes, but you can easily make a case that Harden is the top option.I moved Oladipo up only a few spots to 19th, but I could see him rising further as the season nears. The 24-year-old surely is in a position to bust loose in a big way, running alongside Westbrook in a wide-open offense.One more impact player with Thunder ties who moved is Ibaka, who went to the Orlando Magic in the Oladipo trade. Ibaka, now ranked 26th, faded in fantasy value the past couple of seasons but has a great chance to rack up big blocks again, while being leaned on more offensively. Dont forrget he will be stepping into his prime this season at 27 years old and could return to form as a top-20 fantasy option.ddddddddddddThe flip side of that is Nikola Vucevic, who not only has to deal with playing alongside Ibaka but also Bismack Biyombo in the Magic frontcourt. Because he contributes little more than scoring, rebounding and a quality field goal percentage, Vucevic (No. 52) needs high volume to make a big impact for fantasy teams. His value should slip somewhat this season.At this point, I dont see Wades value changing a whole lot; I kept him at No. 58. With Rajon Rondo handling the rock and Jimmy Butler being fed shots, its difficult to imagine much upside for the 34-year-old Wade, though he should make up for that with increased efficiency.The top rookie in my rankings is No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons, who debuts at No. 62. As John Cregan noted, the 2016 class isnt likely to make as much noise as last years bunch, so you wont want to go overboard betting on first-year players this time around. Still, a big man like Simmons, who can pass and will get all of the minutes he can handle, is in a great spot to pay off -- especially if he proves capable of scoring.Offseason moves freed up point guards Darren Collison and Dennis Schroder to start for their respective teams, the Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks. Collision (No. 63) has shown in the past that he can be a successful fantasy option when given a large enough role. Schroeder (No. 61) has a ton of natural talent, but the question is whether he will prove to be reliable with more responsibility. Nonetheless, he clearly is a breakout candidate.Another potential breakout candidate this season will be Enes Kanter -- assuming he starts with Ibaka out of the picture in Oklahoma City. Kanter (No. 74) doesnt provide hustle stats, but a big man who can score in the teens, hit the glass and sport quality percentages is a great glue guy in fantasy.Brandon Ingram is the next rookie in the mix at No. 86. Talent and opportunity are always the primary keys for fantasy success, and he has both of those with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, he will be barely 19 and is so scrawny, I cant see investing in him until the latter-middle rounds of drafts.Buddy Hield isnt far behind Ingram, at No. 95. He, too, has talent and opportunity with the New Orleans Pelicans, but he likely wont be more than a 3-point specialist. Minnesota Timberwolves guard Kris Dunn (No. 121) and Philadelphia 76ers forward Dario Saric (No. 128) are the other rookies who made the list.Im not sure what to make of Phoenix Suns rooks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss. Had either landed in a better spot, where a large role awaited them, I might have put them in my top 130. But a pair of teenagers in crowded frontcourts doesnt seem like a recipe for fantasy success. ' ' '