Blue Jays Discussion: The "So, How About Them Blue Jays?" Edition. [1.5 Games ahead of Yankees]

[GoodKiwi]

14-5 now. Oh boy.

 

[Eyedea]

Barves

 

[canucksfan]

After the Indians series Jays play only AL East teams except for the Braves.

 

[King Mapes]

Remember when we were battling Detroit in the standings. Good times.

So ****ing pissed right now. My PVR was unplugged somehow and didn't record

 

[EpochLink]

Woooof Atlanta, the struggle is real

 

[Tony Romo]

I wonder with buerhle saying he feels somewhat of a deadarm, that if stroman coming back. We would skip some starts for pitcher that may need a rest or whatever

 

[canucksfan]

What's going on with the O's? They have been in a huge slump

 

[napoleon in rags]

What's going on with the O's? They have been in a huge slump

May it last a millennium. Hate those *******.

 

[p.l.f.]

****ing yankees

 

[Suntouchable13]

I hope we will go at least 5-2 against the Yanks so that we can shake them.

 

[canucksfan]

Wow, do the Braves bullpen sucks.

I remember when they had Kimbrel, Venters and O'Flaherty back there.

 

[Nasty Nazem]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 2h2 hours ago
TOR run differential up to +191. 2 of the last 3 teams to finish with a run differential of 200+ won the World Series ('13 BOS, '07 BOS)

Well that's nice to see.

 

[Daisy Jane]

20-6?

Burhele having dead arm doesn't sound very good

 

[p.l.f.]

20 - 6 yuck

 

[garce]

20-6?

Burhele having dead arm doesn't sound very good

If there is one pitcher on the Jays that can recover or pitch through a dead arm its Burhele. If the Yankees would play nice and stop winning he could be rested for a start or two in September.

 

[Stats01]

So Arash Madani is saying that a decision on the Jays president/CEO will be made tomorrow. Looks like it's Shapiro.

 

[garce]

So Arash Madani is saying that a decision on the Jays president/CEO will be made tomorrow. Looks like it's Shapiro.

As Charles Pascal said in his opinion piece in the Star, the Jays should apologize to Beeston and beg him to stay for another two years.

 

[Eyedea]

 

[Cloned]

What's going on with the O's? They have been in a huge slump

Good. Have been enjoying their slump. They had an incredibly lucky year last season with Pearce having a once-in-a-lifetime season.

 

[no13matssundin]

So Arash Madani is saying that a decision on the Jays president/CEO will be made tomorrow. Looks like it's Shapiro.

This is genuinely the first piece of bad news I've heard about the Jays in literally a month.

AA better want to be a GM forever cuz if he doesn't we may have just made the worst possible move in regards to Alex.

If we lose AA we're screwed long term.

 

[Canada4Gold]

This is genuinely the first piece of bad news I've heard about the Jays in literally a month.

AA better want to be a GM forever cuz if he doesn't we may have just made the worst possible move in regards to Alex.

If we lose AA we're screwed long term.

so let me get this straight, you wanted to promote AA to Presidant so you wouldn't lose AA and all the good he's done for the team with regards to trades and drafting and whatnot, when by putting him in the President position those things wouldn't be his job but the new GM, so you'd be losing out on all that stuff anyway?

Nobody is going to suddenly offer AA a President job, and you don't just promote him to President because the spot is open. People stay GM's for a long time, how long as Billy Beane been a GM for Oakland? How come they haven't promoted him to president yet? How come someone else hasn't offered him a presidents job yet?

People were overreacting and calling for AA to be fired just a short month and a half ago when we were under .500, no need to overreact and go the other way. Drafting development and trades is what he does best, why not keep him in the GM position now that he's finally built a team and let him continue on that road? Assuming he resigns of course because he's a free agent this offseason.

 

[Cloned]

So here are my predictions for September:

- Houston chokes down the stretch; Texas wins the West
- Cleveland goes on an absolute tear, wins second WC
- Yankees and Jays battle it out for 1st, Jays win by 2 games, Yanks win 1st WC
- Minnesota goes .500 the rest of the way, lose the second WC to Cleveland
- KC wins the Central

- Mets win the East
- St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Cubs all make the playoffs
- Giants and Dodgers will come down to a tie-breaker

 

[canucksfan]

So here are my predictions for September:

- Houston chokes down the stretch; Texas wins the West
- Cleveland goes on an absolute tear, wins second WC
- Yankees and Jays battle it out for 1st, Jays win by 2 games, Yanks win 1st WC
- Minnesota goes .500 the rest of the way, lose the second WC to Cleveland
- KC wins the Central

- Mets win the East
- St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Cubs all make the playoffs
- Giants and Dodgers will come down to a tie-breaker

I will do mine.

Toronto in the AL East
Kansas City in the Central
Texas in the West
Houston and Yanks as WC. Yanks come out.

Mets East
Cards Central
Dodgers West
Cubs and Pirates as WC. Cubs come out

 

[Canada4Gold]

You have Cleveland passing Houston for the 2nd WC and Texas passes them for the West? They're 8 games behind now. That's risky.

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

Jays in East
Royals in Central
Astros in West
Yankees and Angels in Wildcard

Mets in East
Cards in Central
Dodgers in West
Cubs and Pirates in Wildcard