TORONTO -- Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage will start Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday, the team announced Sunday.

With the announcement, Yesagave addressed the media before Game 1 at Rogers Centre and began his news conference with an unprompted statement decrying vitriol his loved ones have recently received on social media.

"I want to start off by saying something," Yesavage said. "Living in this world where there's so many different opinions and feelings which results in a lot of hate, it's sad to see that people close to me are being attacked for my performances on the field. These people have done nothing to warrant negativity for my actions, whether that's my parents, my brothers, my girlfriend, family. It's just really sad."

Yesavage declined to ela

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