are Toronto Blue Jays best team in baseball ?

[zigomanisinsider]

look like it doing easy work of rays right now going for sweep tomorrow we find out when next series yanks come into town yanks having hard time with o's at home right now jays did easy work of o's last series

[og4667]

get outa here, they are just a solid team to bet on. They get zero respect.

[zigomanisinsider]

get outa here, they are just a solid team to bet on. They get zero respect.

how yanks blew 2 10 0 leads this year yanks just had man at 3rd 0 outs didint even get home

[zigomanisinsider]

1 run though 6 for yanks at home against worst team in baseball

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

I'm a Jays fan, but no they are not. They rely way to much on HR's and soon they will likely slump. Bautista and Gonzalez are both hitting way above there regular power #'s (good to see Wells back). On the other Hand Lind and Hill are playing below last years big numbers

As for pitch Marcum, Romero and Cecil look great, can only imagine if they had an Ace like Hallady leading the rotation

[2daBank]

no...next question

[LLXC]

Seriously...???

[zigomanisinsider]

jays hit 54 hr in may record 57

[Panekkkk]

As a Toronto fan and local, I love the Jays, but by no means are they the best team in baseball. They have a solid rotation and their guys are hitting right now. What's more, is that they're winning games while Hill and Lind, their supposed core guys, are in huge slumps to start the year. Cito and his coaching staff really know how to teach guys to hit and the Jays have a great young pitching staff.

Where they lack IMO is in the bullpen. Gregg's pitching well but they really don't have any solid set-up guys. They may start blowing leads sooner or later.

The bats probably will probably cool down too. Bautista is hitting way outside of his career #'s and will probably regress, although he said he's completely changed his batting approach by getting set in the box earlier, which is allowing him to see the ball better. Wells is a just a powerhouse right now. I'm not sure where his production is coming from. Fred Lewis was an AMAZING addition. Jays always relied on Rios (or Scutaro) but we all know how terrible of a lead-off guy he was. Getting a solid hitting shortstop in Gonzalez was also key as the Jays have always lacked power at the SS. Even if the bats do cool down, it's likely that Hill and Lind will start picking things up as well. The Jays have really learned to attack pitchers, yet they're still managing to work high pitch counts.

You really gotta hand it to GM Alex Anthopoulos who has made some incredible moves in his first year.

By being in a division with the Rays, Yanks and Red Sox, however, the Jays are doomed to perpetual mediocrity. There's almost zero chance that they'll be ahead of two of those teams at the end of the season (but I have hope!). Jays stormed out of the gate last year and completely flopped after that. What's really separating this team from years past though is their ability to comeback and win a game late. It's really boosted their confidence. Too bad nobody goes to watch their games.

But I gotta say that they are really turning heads so far. They seem to be keeping their production up and their starting pitching is solid with Marcum and Romero. Imagine they still had Halladay!?

[boeing power]

As a Toronto fan and local, I love the Jays, but by no means are they the best team in baseball. They have a solid rotation and their guys are hitting right now. What's more, is that they're winning games while Hill and Lind, their supposed core guys, are in huge slumps to start the year. Cito and his coaching staff really know how to teach guys to hit and the Jays have a great young pitching staff.

Where they lack IMO is in the bullpen. Gregg's pitching well but they really don't have any solid set-up guys. They may start blowing leads sooner or later.

The bats probably will probably cool down too. Bautista is hitting way outside of his career #'s and will probably regress, although he said he's completely changed his batting approach by getting set in the box earlier, which is allowing him to see the ball better. Wells is a just a powerhouse right now. I'm not sure where his production is coming from. Fred Lewis was an AMAZING addition. Jays always relied on Rios (or Scutaro) but we all know how terrible of a lead-off guy he was. Getting a solid hitting shortstop in Gonzalez was also key as the Jays have always lacked power at the SS. Even if the bats do cool down, it's likely that Hill and Lind will start picking things up as well. The Jays have really learned to attack pitchers, yet they're still managing to work high pitch counts.

You really gotta hand it to GM Alex Anthopoulos who has made some incredible moves in his first year.

By being in a division with the Rays, Yanks and Red Sox, however, the Jays are doomed to perpetual mediocrity. There's almost zero chance that they'll be ahead of two of those teams at the end of the season (but I have hope!). Jays stormed out of the gate last year and completely flopped after that. What's really separating this team from years past though is their ability to comeback and win a game late. It's really boosted their confidence. Too bad nobody goes to watch their games.

But I gotta say that they are really turning heads so far. They seem to be keeping their production up and their starting pitching is solid with Marcum and Romero. Imagine they still had Halladay!?

dont kid yourself, ricciardi built this team, and now alex will get all the credit,typical toronto bs

[Panekkkk]

I ****ing knew that I'd jinx it by saying that the bullpen would start blowing games

[Panekkkk]

Yeah, along with Ricciardi's gem moves of signing BJ Ryan to five-year 47 mil deal, signing Frank Thomas, releasing Chris Carpenter, signing David Eckstein, giving away Orlando Hudson for Troy Glaus, gave up Jayson Werth for Jason Frasor. JP built a great team but he also filled it with garbage and his failure to get rid of Gibbons, probably the worst head coach the Jays have ever had, was the worst of his offences. Gibbons was like a cancer.

[DennisGreen]

Yeah, along with Ricciardi's gem moves of signing BJ Ryan to five-year 47 mil deal, signing Frank Thomas, releasing Chris Carpenter, signing David Eckstein, giving away Orlando Hudson for Troy Glaus, gave up Jayson Werth for Jason Frasor. JP built a great team but he also filled it with garbage and his failure to get rid of Gibbons, probably the worst head coach the Jays have ever had, was the worst of his offences. Gibbons was like a cancer.

[Panekkkk]

As a Toronto fan and local, I love the Jays, but by no means are they the best team in baseball. They have a solid rotation and their guys are hitting right now. What's more, is that they're winning games while Hill and Lind, their supposed core guys, are in huge slumps to start the year. Cito and his coaching staff really know how to teach guys to hit and the Jays have a great young pitching staff.

Where they lack IMO is in the bullpen. Gregg's pitching well but they really don't have any solid set-up guys. They may start blowing leads sooner or later.

The bats probably will probably cool down too. Bautista is hitting way outside of his career #'s and will probably regress, although he said he's completely changed his batting approach by getting set in the box earlier, which is allowing him to see the ball better. Wells is a just a powerhouse right now. I'm not sure where his production is coming from. Fred Lewis was an AMAZING addition. Jays always relied on Rios (or Scutaro) but we all know how terrible of a lead-off guy he was. Getting a solid hitting shortstop in Gonzalez was also key as the Jays have always lacked power at the SS. Even if the bats do cool down, it's likely that Hill and Lind will start picking things up as well. The Jays have really learned to attack pitchers, yet they're still managing to work high pitch counts.

You really gotta hand it to GM Alex Anthopoulos who has made some incredible moves in his first year.

By being in a division with the Rays, Yanks and Red Sox, however, the Jays are doomed to perpetual mediocrity. There's almost zero chance that they'll be ahead of two of those teams at the end of the season (but I have hope!). Jays stormed out of the gate last year and completely flopped after that. What's really separating this team from years past though is their ability to comeback and win a game late. It's really boosted their confidence. Too bad nobody goes to watch their games.

But I gotta say that they are really turning heads so far. They seem to be keeping their production up and their starting pitching is solid with Marcum and Romero. Imagine they still had Halladay!?

I'm so glad I predicted the Jay's bullpen meltdown 2 blown saves in a row

[cala56]

lol funny tread, jays the best team?? just wait 1 month and you will see the end of jays

[Soxsfan9]

This is the TSN turning point (for those Canadian posters) of their season.......they had a chance to sweep the rays and make a statement and they ended up losing the series because of their bullpen in game 2 and they left their starter in game 3 because they could not trust their bullpen!

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

This is the TSN turning point (for those Canadian posters) of their season.......they had a chance to sweep the rays and make a statement and they ended up losing the series because of their bullpen in game 2 and they left their starter in game 3 because they could not trust their bullpen!

You couldn't have said it any better. Any coming from a Red Socks fan it hurts cause its the same shit year in and year out. GOD DAMN

[dynamite140]

They are a horrible team.

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

They are a horrible team.

Wouldn't call them horrible just yet, give them a month or two then you can call them every name in the book. I eventually got used to it, AL East is just to hard with no salary cap.

[playersonly69]

This thread was hilarious

[BROOKLYN BOY]

Their manager is a complete joke....a good manager would do wonders for this team....that being said they havent had a good one since Bobby Cox....I could have one world series' with the players they had in the early 90's.

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

Their manager is a complete joke....a good manager would do wonders for this team....that being said they havent had a good one since Bobby Cox....I could have one world series' with the players they had in the early 90's.

Jays won back to back Worlds Series' 92 & 93.